未泡透的灰所抹的牆(結十三)中英bilingual

因為他們誘惑我的百姓，說：平安！其實沒有平安，就像有人立起牆壁，他們倒用未泡透的灰抹上。(結 13：10) 

本章一開始，神責備那些隨從自己的心意說預言、論本身所未見過之事的先知(參結 13：2-3)。

他們的話聽來非常屬靈，甚至以「耶和華如此說」開頭，實際上卻不是出於神的默示，而是出於自己的想像與判斷。神說他們如同「荒場中的狐狸」，他們沒有協助重修以色列家的牆垣(參結 13：4-5)，對百姓毫無實質的幫助，甚至帶來更大的危險——因為披著屬靈外衣的假話，比明顯的謊言更容易讓人放下防備。 

第10節形容這「糖衣假預言」，就像有人立起了牆壁：這其實是猶太傳統中常見的城牆工法。若是要蓋高大堅固、做為防禦用途的城牆，砌好牆身之後，還要在外層抹上一層石灰泥，填補縫隙、加強防水，也讓牆面平整美觀，是收尾不可或缺的一道工序。燒製、泡製石灰泥並不簡單：石灰石得先經高溫燒製成生石灰，再拌水泡透，讓它經過完整的化學反應（生石灰完全轉化為熟石灰之後，再吸收空氣中的二氧化碳，逐漸固化為緻密的石灰岩硬殼），這個工序費工、費時，也需要專門的窯場與工匠，要投入相當人力物力才能真正做好。做得確實的石灰牆，不但防水，石灰本身呈強鹼性，也有抗菌防蟲的效果，外觀潔白又能反射日光，是城牆能長久屹立的關鍵。而這些先知的虛假預言，就好像城牆已經用泥磚砌起了厚牆，卻拿還沒泡透的石灰倉促抹上。這些生石灰沒有泡透，就無法均勻轉化，牆面表面看起來仍舊美觀亮麗，內裡卻不夠緻密，鬆軟不實，一旦雨水沖刷，就會從這些地方滲水、崩落。百姓就這樣毫無防備，看見亮麗、看似堅固的城牆，就相信這些先知的預言，聽著先知說「平安！」，但實際上卻是偷工減料的豆腐渣工程，經不起考驗，沒有平安！ 

神接著宣告了如何拆穿這樣的假象： 

所以主耶和華如此說：我要發怒，使狂風吹裂這牆，在怒中使暴雨漫過，又發怒降下大冰雹，毀滅這牆。我要這樣拆毀你們那未泡透灰所抹的牆，拆平到地，以致根基露出，牆必倒塌，你們也必在其中滅亡；你們就知道我是耶和華。(結 13：13-14) 

有意思的是，神不是讓它慢慢滲水而崩塌，而是差來風馳電掣的天災，直接把所有偽裝的堅固用冰雹拆穿，讓根基暴露出來。真正經得起考驗的，從來都不是表面的光鮮，而是那些看不見、卻確實做到位的每一個步驟和基礎。我們的信仰與服事若只求「當下看起來過得去」，不願意花時間誠實面對問題、把根基打紮實，當考驗來到，這些虛假的功夫都會顯露！ 

親愛的朋友，我們是否有時也在做「未泡透的灰抹牆」的工程呢？是否在表面上把事情處理得漂漂亮亮、經得起遠觀，卻在最基礎、最費工、最不容易被人看見的地方偷工減料？我們是否有日常的靈修功夫？是否常常虛心聆聽神的話語？常常禱告求神帶領？還是這些根基都沒有，只會講漂亮的話，裏頭卻常常是空泛沒有屬靈的造就？甚至讓人因為這些空泛卻漂亮的內容，誤以為平安！這樣，當神的試煉考驗來到，我們是否站立得穩？ 

願神保守我們的心，堅固我們信仰的根基，讓我們的信心不只是外表看起來堅固，而是真正穩紮穩打，經得起考驗。 

凡聽見我這話不去行的，好比一個無知的人，把房子蓋在沙土上；雨淋，水沖，風吹，撞著那房子，房子就倒塌了，並且倒塌得很大。(太 7：26-27) 

by 李亮瑩

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A Wall Plastered with Untempered Mortar (Ezekiel 13)

September 5, 2026

“Because they have misled My people by saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash.” (Ezekiel 13:10, NASB 2020) 

At the beginning of this chapter, God rebuked the prophets who prophesied from their own hearts and spoke about things they had not seen (cf. Ezekiel 13:2–3).

Their words sounded very spiritual. They even began by saying, “Thus says the LORD.” But their words did not come from God. They came from their own ideas and judgment. God said they were like “foxes among ruins.” They did not help repair the walls of the house of Israel (cf. Ezekiel 13:4–5). They gave the people no real help. Instead, they brought even greater danger, because false words that sound spiritual can make people lower their guard more easily than obvious lies.

Verse 10 describes these “sugar-coated false prophecies” like someone building a wall. This was a common way of building city walls in Jewish tradition. To build a high and strong wall for protection, after the main wall was built, a layer of lime plaster had to be put on the outside. It filled the cracks, made the wall more waterproof, and gave it a smooth and beautiful surface. This was an important final step. Making and soaking lime plaster was not easy. Limestone first had to be burned at a very high temperature to make quicklime. Then water was added, and it had to be fully soaked so that the chemical reaction could be completed. After the quicklime fully became slaked lime, it absorbed carbon dioxide from the air and slowly hardened into a dense limestone surface. This process took much work and time. It also needed special kilns and skilled workers, with much manpower and resources. A properly made lime wall was waterproof. Because lime is strongly alkaline, it could also help prevent bacteria and insects. Its white surface could reflect sunlight. All of this helped the city wall remain strong for a long time. But the false prophecies of these prophets were like a thick mud-brick wall covered in a hurry with lime that had not been fully soaked. Because the quicklime was not fully soaked, it could not change evenly. The outside of the wall still looked beautiful and strong, but the inside was not solid. It was soft and weak. Once heavy rain came, water would enter through these weak places, and the wall would begin to fall apart. The people had no warning. They saw a beautiful wall that looked strong, so they believed these prophets. They heard them say, “Peace!” But in fact, it was poor and careless work. It could not stand the test. There was no peace!

Then God declared how He would expose this false appearance: “Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath. So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed; and when it falls, you will perish in its midst. And you will know that I am the LORD.’” (Ezekiel 13:13–14, NASB 2020)

Interestingly, God did not let the wall slowly leak and fall apart. He sent powerful disasters to expose all its false strength. The hailstones broke through its appearance and exposed its foundation. What can truly stand the test is never just a beautiful outside. What matters is every hidden step and every part of the foundation being done properly. If our faith and service only try to “look good for now,” and we are unwilling to spend time honestly facing problems and building a strong foundation, then when trials come, all this false work will be exposed!

Dear friends, are we sometimes also building a “wall plastered with untempered mortar”? Do we make everything look beautiful on the outside and good from a distance, but take shortcuts in the most basic, difficult, and hidden areas? Do we have daily spiritual devotion? Do we often listen humbly to God’s word? Do we often pray and ask God to lead us? Or do we have none of these foundations and only know how to say beautiful words, while inside we are empty and give no real spiritual growth? Could our beautiful but empty words even make others wrongly believe that there is peace? If so, when God’s trials come, will we be able to stand firm?

May God guard our hearts and strengthen the foundation of our faith. May our faith not only look strong on the outside, but truly have a firm foundation and be able to stand every test.

“And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.” (Matthew 7:26–27, NASB 2020)

by  Robin Lee