Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Straw. Iniquity ruins my people, (Calmet) and these do not endeavour to reform their manners. (Haydock)
They ought to demolish such a work, and not daub it over. (Theodoret)
One false prophet builds, and another strives to support his authority; (Junius) or God has given the people his law, but these people corrupt it. (St. Jerome)
A wall built without proper mortar, will easily be washed down: so vain hopes of security, without amendment, deceive the people. (Worthington)
