Continuing the discussion on false prophets, Ezekiel 13:10 said that they were falsely pronouncing peace when there was no peace. Their deceiving message was boosting false confidence. God had been saying that the wall of Jerusalem would crumble and fall. But the false prophets were saying otherwise, giving the people a mistaken hope. Their lies were like whitewash covering up the true condition of the wall, giving a sense that the situation was better than it seemed. Dutch-comfort!
Weren’t
prophets supposed to warn of impending dangers? But these were nurturing false hope
instead of sounding out the lurking dangers. The misleading messages were driving
the people further away from the Lord
rather than drawing them closer to Him. So,
in verse 11, God sent an unmistakable message to the false prophets. He said, “…it (the wall) will fall. A flooding rain will
come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.” God guaranteed the judgment. When it comes, the truth would
become evident. The deceived people would be left wondering about the legitimacy
of the false message.
Verses 13-16 emphasize what
was coming. God’s wrath would be unleashed. Violent storms speak of God’s wrath
and the tumultuous, horrendous, and unrelenting weather point to the devastation
the Babylonians would wreck the city. The very foundation of the city would collapse,
the city would be in total ruin and the false prophets would be buried in the rubble.
No
sin will go unnoticed by God. No offense will escape His dealing unless we
repent. So, God sternly warns us in
Galatians 6:7-8, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for
whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the
flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from
the Spirit reap eternal life. This is true of the false prophets, and it
shall also be true of us.
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