Today, I am reading and commenting on  Ezekiel 13-15.

Today’s passage begins with a prophecy against false prophets, against those who prophecy out of their own imagination.  He compares them to masons who whitewash a wall to hide where it is starting to fall apart rather than repair it.  I really love this metaphor, and the way Ezekiel keeps coming back to it throughout his prophecies.  Prophets are called to speak a message which addresses the places where people are falling short of God’s will, a message which addresses the ways in which people are behaving unjustly.  Ezekiel is condemning those who prophesy things which cover up the ways in which people behave unjustly, which cover up the ways in which people anger God.  God sends prophets to tell people about the things they need to change, those who tell people they can keep on doing whatever they want are false prophets.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.