“Therefore
Thus says Yahweh God.
‘In my wrath,
I will make
A stormy wind
Break out.
In my anger,
There will be
A deluge of rain.
In my wrath,
There will be
Hailstones
To destroy it.
I will break down
The wall
That you have smeared
With whitewash.
I will
Bring it
To the ground,
So that its foundation
Will be laid bare.
When it falls,
You shall perish
Within it.
You shall know
That I am Yahweh.’”
Yahweh said that he was angry about the whitewashed wall. He was going to send stormy wind, pouring rain, and hailstones to destroy this smeared whitewashed wall. He was going to bring it to the ground and bare its foundations. In fact, the people would perish inside the walls. They all would learn that he, Yahweh, was God.