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Ezekiel 13:10

“Because, yes, because they have led astray my people, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and when he builds a partition wall, look, they plaster it with whitewash,”

Ezekiel 13:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Both texts speak of a whitewashed wall: in Ezekiel 13:10-15, the one the false prophets build; in Acts 23:3, Paul to the high priest.

The same term appears in both passages.

  • חַיִץjayitsH2434τοῖχεtoicheG5109“wall, partition”

Ezekiel 13:10, word by word

they have led astrayהִטְעוּhitu

lead astray

To wander; in the causative form, to lead another astray.

Where else “hitu” appears
my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
“Peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

Where else “shalom” appears
buildsבֹּנֶהbone

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “bone” appears
a partition wallחַיִץchayits

wall

A thin wall, a partition.

Where else “chayits” appears
plasterטָחִיםtachim

plaster

To coat a wall with mud, lime or gold.

Where else “tachim” appears
with whitewashתָּפֵלtafel

whitewash

Pale plaster put on a wall.

Where else “tafel” appears

The context

9And my hand will be against the prophets who see emptiness and who divine lies; in the inner council of my people they will not be, and in the register of the house of Israel they will not be written, and into the soil of Israel they will not enter; and you will know that I am Adonai YHWH.

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11say to those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be a torrential rain, and you, hailstones, will fall, and a wind of storms will burst it open.

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