Ezekiel — Chapter 13
Chapter 13 condemns the false prophets who cry 'Peace' when there is no peace, daubing the wall with plaster (lutum sine paleis) rather than building with true mortar. Lapide uses this chapter as a platform for extended denunciation of all who flatter the powerful, deny original sin, or promise salvation without conversion.
Verse 3
'Vae prophetis insipientibus, qui sequuntur spiritum suum' — Woe to foolish prophets who follow their own spirit: Lapide applies this to all private revelation not submitted to the Church's discernment. He cites 1 Jn. 4:1 ('test the spirits') and Theresa of Ávila's admonitions about distinguishing divine from diabolical or merely natural movements in prayer.
Verse 10
The false prophets build a wall and daub it with untempered plaster (lutum sine paleis): Lapide's allegory — the wall is the human soul; the plaster of false prophets is vain promises of prosperity and divine favor without true repentance. The rain (tribulation), hailstones (divine judgments), and stormy wind (death) will overthrow it.
Verse 17
Against the prophetesses who sew pillows under every elbow: Lapide interprets the sewing of pillows (pulvillos sub omni cubito manus) as providing soft comforts that weaken the soul's resistance to temptation. He applies this to confessors who give too easy penances and to spiritual directors who avoid difficult truths.