Ezekiel 13:4
O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
In Context
Cross References
Lamentations 5:18Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.
Micah 3:5This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
Romans 16:18For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Galatians 2:4And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
2 Thessalonians 2:9Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
Titus 1:10For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
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 →