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- Because of this - The word "this" refers to the Lord's promise to force the false prophets out of Israel.
- they led my people - The word "they" refers to the false prophets in the land of Israel.
- whitewash / whitewashing - a white liquid mixture used for making surfaces (such as walls or fences) whiter.
- downpour of rain...hailstones...windstorm - These are all part of a very bad storm. God uses a storm to refer to the armies that will attack Jerusalem. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- hailstones - balls of ice that sometimes falls from the sky during a rainstorm.
- Have others not said to you - Ezekiel asks this as a question to press for an answer. AT: "others have said to you" (See" en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_litotes)