Ezekiel 13:5

You have not gone to the breaks in the wall around the house of Israel in order to repair it, in order to resist in battle on the day of Yahweh.

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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

4Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the wastelands.

6The people have false visions and make false predictions, those who say, “Such and such is Yahweh's declaration.” Yahweh has not sent them, but they nevertheless have made people hope that their messages would come true.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:11But Moses tried to calm down Yahweh his God. He said, “Yahweh, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Numbers 16:47So Aaron did as Moses directed. He ran into the middle of the community. The plague had quickly started to spread among the people, so he put in the incense and made atonement for the people.

Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God's? 1 Can you thunder with a voice like him? 1

Psalms 106:23So he said he would destroy them— 1 had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, 1 to turn away his anger from destroying them. 1

Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. 1

Isaiah 27:4I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns! 1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together; 1

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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