Ezekiel 13:5
Ye did not go up into the breaches, nor did ye make a fence around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Like foxes among the ruins have been thy prophets, O Israel!
Cross References
Exodus 32:11Thereupon Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Why, O Lord, shall thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with a mighty hand?
Numbers 16:47(17:12) And Aaron took as Moses had commanded, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Job 40:9But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:
Psalms 106:23He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.
Isaiah 13:6Wail ye; for nigh is the day of the Lord; like wasting from the Almighty shall it come.
Isaiah 27:4Wrath have I not: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would pass through them, and I would burn them altogether.
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 →