Verse 12

When the wall falls, people will ask you, ‘Where is the whitewash you applied?’

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:37 : 37 And He will say: 'Where are their gods? The rock they sought refuge in?
  • Judg 9:38 : 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where now is your boasting, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Aren’t these the people you despised? Go out now and fight them!"
  • Judg 10:14 : 14 'Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble!'
  • 2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No, because it is the LORD who has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab."
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise and save you in your time of trouble, if they can. For as many as your cities are your gods, Judah.
  • Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite—Shemaiah has prophesied to you though I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie. 32 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will not have anyone dwelling among this people, nor will he see the good that I will do for my people, declares the LORD, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.
  • Jer 37:19 : 19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?
  • Lam 2:14-15 : 14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you. 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'