Ezekiel 13:12 “Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the…”

Ezekiel 13:12

Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

World English Bible

Behold, when the wall has fallen, won’t it be said to you, “Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?”

American Standard Version

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

Geneva Bible 1599

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not bee sayd vnto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye haue daubed it?

Darby Translation

And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed [it]?

Young's Literal Translation

And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where [is] the daubing that ye daubed?

Bible in Basic English

And when the wall has come down, will they not say to you, Where is the whitewash which you put on it?

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Cross references

“Where”

Deuteronomy 32:37 Judges 9:38 Judges 10:14 2 Kings 3:13 Jeremiah 2:28 Jeremiah 37:19

Deuteronomy 32:37 · BSB

He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

Judges 9:38 · BSB

“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 10:14 · BSB

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

2 Kings 3:13 · BSB

Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three…

Jeremiah 2:28 · BSB

But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

Jeremiah 37:19 · BSB

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

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