Ezekiel 13:5
Ye haue not risen vp in the gappes, neither made vp the hedge for ye house of Israel, to stand in the battel in the daye of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4O Israel, thy Prophets are like the foxes in the waste places.
Cross References
Exodus 32:11But Moses praied vnto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand?
Numbers 16:47Then Aaron tooke as Moses commanded him, and ranne into the middes of the Congregation, and beholde, the plague was begun among the people, and hee put in incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Job 40:9Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
Psalms 106:23Therefore he minded to destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stand in the breach before him to turne away his wrath, least he shoulde destroy them.
Isaiah 13:6Howle you, for the day of the Lord is at hande: it shall come as a destroier from the Almightie.
Isaiah 27:4Anger is not in mee: who would set the briers and the thornes against me in battel? I would go through them, I would burne 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 →