Ezekiel 13:5

³ This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.

⁴ Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

⁶ They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

⁷ Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the LORD’s day.
ASV: Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
DARBY: Ye have not gone up into the breaches, nor made up the fence for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
BLB: You⁺ have not gone up into the breaches, and walled up the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of YHWH.

ÅB: Dere er ikke steget opp i murbruddene og har ikke bygget noen mur om Israels hus, så de kunne holde stand i striden på Herrens dag.
OTB: Dere har ikke gått opp til bruddene i muren, heller ikke bygget en mur rundt Israels hus for å stå fast i striden på Herrens dag.
B1930: I er ikke steget op i murbruddene og har ikke bygget nogen mur om Israels hus, så de kunde holde stand i striden på Herrens dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 22:30
I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
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Isaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
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Psalms 106:23
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
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Jeremiah 23:22
But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
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Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
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Isaiah 13:6
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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Lamentations 2:13–14
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
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