John Calvin on Ezekiel 13:12

He confirms the last sentence, namely, that the false prophets would be a laughing-stock to all when their prophecies and divinations came to nothing, for the event would show them to be liars. For when the city was taken it sufficiently appeared that they were the devil’s ministers of deceit, for they were trained in wickedness and boldness when they put forth the name of God. Now the Prophet teaches that a common proverb would arise when the wall fell; for by saying, shall it not be said to them, he signifies that their folly and vanity would be completely exposed, so that this proverb should be everywhere current — where is the daubing with which you daubed it? It follows —

Ezekiel 13:13

13. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury, to consume it

13. Propterea sic dicit Dominator Iehovah. Cadere faciam This is the same word which he had formerly used, but it is here taken in another sense: he had formerly said, “And the spirit of tempests shall break or cut;” but he now says, “I will make it cut or break forth;” so that the sense is clearer — “therefore I will make it break forth.” — Calvin. spiritum tempestatum in ira mea: et imbre inundans in ira mea: et erit imber inundans in ira mea, The original words for ira are different. We may translate חמה, chemneh, “burning wrath” — “therefore in my burning wrath I will make the whirlwind break forth.” — Calvin et lapides grandinis in excandescentia ad consumptionem.