Ezekiel 13:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where <FI>is<Fi> the daubing that ye daubed?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 13:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:37He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
  2. Judges 9:38“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!”
  3. Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
  4. 2 Kings 3:13Elisha, 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 kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  5. Jeremiah 2:28But 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.
  6. Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  7. Jeremiah 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
  8. Lamentations 2:14The 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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