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They say, &#8216This is what the Sovereign LORD says&#8217—when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say, ‘My message is from the Sovereign LORD,’ when the LORD hasn’t spoken a single word to them. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm">King James Bible</a> And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/22.htm">New King James Version</a> Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD had not spoken. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And her prophets have coated with whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, &#8216Thus says the Lord GOD,&#8217 when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, beholding worthless visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,’ when Yahweh has not spoken. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD’—when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Her prophets plaster for them with whitewash by seeing false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say, &#8216This is what the Lord GOD says,&#8217 when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And then the prophets in Israel cover up these sins by giving false visions. I have never spoken to them, but they lie and say they have a message from me. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your prophets cover up these things by seeing false visions and by prophesying lies. They say, "This is what the Almighty LORD says." Yet, the LORD hasn't spoken. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign LORD, but I, the LORD, have not spoken to them. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> "'Her prophets whitewashed all of these things through false visions and lying divinations. They kept on saying, "This is what the Lord GOD says…", when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ?This is what the Lord GOD says,? when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/net/ezekiel/22.htm">NET Bible</a> Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says,' when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. <a href="/web/ezekiel/22.htm">World English Bible</a> Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,’ when Yahweh has not spoken. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And its prophets have coated with chalk for them, "" Seeing a vain thing, and divining a lie for them, "" Saying, Thus said Lord YHWH, "" And YHWH has not spoken. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, 'Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And her prophets plastered plaster upon them, seeing vanity, and divining to them falsehood, saying Thus said the Lord Jehovah; and Jehovah spoke not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And her prophets have daubed them without tempering the mortar, seeing vain things, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord God: when the Lord hath not spoken. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And her prophets have covered them without tempering the mortar, seeing emptiness, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Bible</a> And her prophets cover them with whitewash, seeing false visions and performing lying divinations, saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD,” although the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Its prophets have smeared whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD,” when the LORD has not spoken.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And her prophets have daubed her walls with untempered mortar which will fall off, seeing for them visions of falsehood, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the LORD, when the LORD has not spoken. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And her Prophets beat her with a beating that she would fall. They have seen emptiness for themselves and divined falsehood for themselves, and they were saying, “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH”, and LORD JEHOVAH has not spoken<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6285" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">The Sins of Prophets, Priests, Princes</a> …27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. 28<a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: ū·nə·ḇî·’e·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">Her prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/2902.htm" title="2902: ṭā·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To overspread, overlay, coat, besmear. A primitive root; to smear, especially with lime."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8602.htm" title="8602: tā·p̄êl (Adj-ms) -- Plaster, slime, frivolity. From an unused root meaning to smear; plaster or slime; frivolity.">whitewash</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">these deeds</a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: šāw (N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">by false</a> <a href="/hebrew/2372.htm" title="2372: ḥō·zîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- See, behold. A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate; specifically, to have a vision of.">visions</a> <a href="/hebrew/3577.htm" title="3577: kā·zāḇ (N-ms) -- A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing. From kazab; falsehood; literally or figuratively.">and lying</a> <a href="/hebrew/7080.htm" title="7080: wə·qō·sə·mîm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine.">divinations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">‘This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">when the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ḏib·bêr (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoken.</a> 29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. / They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ <a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a> They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a> They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a> The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a> Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10</a> They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-11</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds. <a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Jeremiah 23:21-22</a> I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. / But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.” <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus said the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.prophets.<a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm">Ezekiel 22:25</a> There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.<a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a> Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: … <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10</a> Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:seeing<a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Ezekiel 13:22,23</a> Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: … <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Ezekiel 21:29</a> Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.<a href="/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25-32</a> I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed… Thus saith the Lord<a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6,7</a> They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word… <a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Jeremiah 23:21</a> I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.<a href="/jeremiah/28-2.htm">Jeremiah 28:2,15</a> Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Daubed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Divinations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-5.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Mortar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Morter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Plaster</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Smeared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Untempered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-49.htm">Using</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Whited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Whitewash</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Daubed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/numbers/22-7.htm">Divinations</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Making</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Mortar</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Morter</a> <a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Plaster</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-17.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-3.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/john/9-6.htm">Smeared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Untempered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Use</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Using</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Visions</a> <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Whited</a> <a href="/job/13-4.htm">Whitewash</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 22</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm">A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm">God will burn them as dross in his furnace</a> 23. <a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm">The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, whitewashing was a common practice to make walls appear clean and new, symbolizing superficiality and deceit. The prophets in Ezekiel's time were guilty of covering up the sins and corruption of the people, particularly the leaders, instead of calling them to repentance. This reflects a broader theme in the Bible where false prophets are condemned for leading people astray (<a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a>, <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a>).by false visions and lying divinations False visions and divinations were methods used by prophets to claim divine insight or messages. In the ancient Near East, divination was a common practice, but God explicitly forbade it for Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a>). The prophets in Ezekiel's time were using these practices to deceive the people, claiming to have received messages from God when they had not. This highlights the danger of relying on human wisdom and deceit rather than true revelation from God.saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ The phrase "This is what the Lord GOD says" is a common prophetic formula used to assert divine authority. However, in this context, it is used deceitfully. The false prophets were claiming divine authority to lend credibility to their messages, which were not from God. This misuse of God's name is a violation of the commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain (<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a>) and underscores the seriousness of speaking presumptuously in God's name.when the LORD has not spoken This phrase emphasizes the distinction between true and false prophecy. True prophets speak only what God has revealed to them, while false prophets speak from their own imaginations or desires. The Bible consistently warns against false prophets who claim to speak for God without His authorization (<a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Jeremiah 23:21</a>, <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a>). This serves as a reminder of the importance of discernment and the need to test all teachings against the truth of Scripture (1 <a href="/john/4.htm">John 4:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a> In this context, false prophets who claim to speak for God but deliver messages that are not from Him. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation to whom Ezekiel is prophesying, specifically addressing their leaders and the corruption within. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a> The period during which the Israelites were exiled from their land, a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city whose leaders and inhabitants are being condemned for their sins and falsehoods.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_leadership.htm">Discernment in Leadership</a> Believers must be discerning about whom they follow and listen to, ensuring that leaders are truly speaking God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_prophecy.htm">The Danger of False Prophecy</a> False prophets can lead people away from God, emphasizing the need for a strong foundation in Scripture to recognize truth from falsehood. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_for_leaders.htm">Accountability for Leaders</a> Those in positions of spiritual authority are accountable to God for their teachings and must ensure they are aligned with His Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_truth.htm">The Importance of Truth</a> Upholding truth is crucial in the life of a believer, as lies and deceit can lead to spiritual destruction. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_voice.htm">Seeking God's Voice</a> Encourages believers to seek God's voice through prayer and Scripture, rather than relying solely on human intermediaries.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 22</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_9_symbolic,_not_literal.htm">Could Ezekiel 9 be interpreted as a purely symbolic vision rather than a literal event, and if so, why include graphic details?</a> <a href="/q/was_ezekiel_physically_taken_to_jerusalem.htm">In Ezekiel 8:3-4, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim Ezekiel was physically transported to Jerusalem by a divine hand?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_22_31_with_god's_mercy.htm">How can readers harmonize the severe judgment in Ezekiel 22:31 with passages in other books that emphasize God's mercy and willingness to forgive?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_revelation_echo_past_apocalypses.htm">Why does the Book of Revelation use imagery and symbols that closely resemble earlier apocalyptic writings rather than unique divine revelation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) With untempered morter.--See Note on <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm" title="Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:">Ezekiel 13:10</a>. The prophets are here again spoken of in reference to their powerful influence upon the princes in leading them astray by falsehoods. "Seeing vanity" is an expression for pretended and false visions. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/13-7.htm" title="Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken?">Ezekiel 13:7</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/13-9.htm" title="And my hand shall be on the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 13:9-10</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - (See <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a>.) The fact that the prophets are addressed here gives some force to the idea that "chiefs" or "judges" were addressed in Ver. 27. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Her prophets וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (ū·nə·ḇî·’e·hā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet whitewash תָּפֵ֔ל (tā·p̄êl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8602.htm">Strong's 8602: </a> Plaster, slime, frivolity [these deeds] לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> by false שָׁ֔וְא (šāw) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> Evil, idolatry, uselessness visions חֹזִ֣ים (ḥō·zîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2374.htm">Strong's 2374: </a> A beholder in vision, a compact and lying כָּזָ֑ב (kā·zāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3577.htm">Strong's 3577: </a> A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing divinations, וְקֹסְמִ֥ים (wə·qō·sə·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7080.htm">Strong's 7080: </a> To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine saying, אֹמְרִ֗ים (’ō·mə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘This is what כֹּ֤ה (kōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH says,’ אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say when the LORD וַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no spoken. דִבֵּֽר׃ (ḏib·bêr) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 22:28 Her prophets have daubed for them (Ezek. 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