Ezekiel 13:5

Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor built a wall around the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of Jehovah.

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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 the foxes in the deserts.

6They see falsehood, and lying divination. They say, “Jehovah hath spoken,” when Jehovah hath not sent them; and they cause men to hope for the fulfilment of the word.

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Cross References

Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?

Psalms 106:23Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for the day of Jehovah is at hand! Like a destruction from the Almighty, it cometh;

Isaiah 27:4There is no fury in me; But let me find the thorns and thistles in battle. I will go against them, And burn them up 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 →

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