Ezekiel 13:4
Your prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the deserts.
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In The King James Version
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
In Context
Cross References
Lamentations 5:18because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it.
Micah 3:5Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people: They bite with their teeth and preach peace, and if anyone does not give something to their mouth, they sanctify a battle against him.
Romans 16:18For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.
Galatians 2:4but only because of false brothers, who were brought in unknowingly. They entered secretly to spy on our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to servitude.
2 Thessalonians 2:9him whose advent is accompanied by the works of Satan, with every kind of power and signs and false miracles,
Titus 1:10For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are 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 →