Ezekiel 13:4
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
In Context
Cross References
Lamentations 5:18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk upon it.
Micah 3:5Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
Romans 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
Galatians 2:4and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
2 Thessalonians 2:9even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Titus 1:10For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
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 →