I will finish showing my anger against the wall and the people that put plaster on it. Then I will say, ‘There is no wall. And there are no workers to put plaster on it.’
Tobiah the Ammonite was with Sanballat. Tobiah said, “What do these Jews think they are building? If even a small fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!”
The mother was afraid that the baby would be found and killed because he was a boy. After three months, she made a basket and covered it with tar [6] so that it would float. She put the baby in the basket. Then she put the basket in the river in the tall grass.
So this is what I say about the prophets that are preaching in my name. I did not send those prophets. Those prophets said, ‘No enemy with swords will ever attack this country. There will never be hunger in this land.’ Those prophets will die from hunger and an enemy’s sword will kill them.
You put plaster {\cf2\super [110]} on the wall. But I will destroy the whole wall. I will pull it to the ground. The wall will fall on you. And then you will know that I am the Lord.
“All those things will happen to the false prophets of Israel. Those prophets speak to the people of Jerusalem. Those prophets say there will be peace, but there is no peace.” The Lord my Master said those things.