Ezekiel 13:5
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, nor built up the wall for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
Cross References
Exodus 32:11And Moses besought LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does thy wrath grow hot against thy people, whom thou have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Numbers 16:47And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly. And, behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
Job 40:9Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy.
Isaiah 13:6Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 27:4Wrath is not in me. Would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them. I would burn them together.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 13:2-10
The Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 593.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to… Read the whole commentary →