Ezekiel 13:5
Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor made up the fence for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places.
Cross References
Exodus 32:11And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
Numbers 16:47And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.
Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 106:23And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy [them].
Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 27:4Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against 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 →