Ezekiel 13:5

They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

In Context

4Thy prophets, O Israel, are like foxes in the deserts.

6In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false visions, prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord saith, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began to try to confirm the word.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?

Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like the Lord’s? 1 Or dost thou thunder with a voice like his? 1

Psalms 106:23They that go down to the sea in ships, 1 Doing business in many waters; 1

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.

Isaiah 27:4There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.

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 →

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