Ezekiel 13 · Verse 5

Ezekiel 13:5

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.
Ezekiel 13:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 13:5 in other translations

BSBYou 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.
WEBYou 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.
ASVYe 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.
YLTYe have not gone up into breaches, Nor do ye make a fence for the house of Israel, To stand in battle in a day of Jehovah.
DARBYYe 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.
BBEYou have not gone up into the broken places or made up the wall for the children of Israel to take your place in the fight in the day of the Lord.
WebsterYe 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.

What does Ezekiel 13:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. not gone up into ... gaps--metaphor from breaches made in a wall, to which the defenders ought to betake themselves in order to repel the entrance of the foe. The breach is that made in the theocracy through the nation's sin; and, unless it be made up, the vengeance of God will break in through it. Those who would advise the people to repentance are the restorers of the breach (Eze 22:30; Psa 106:23, 30). hedge--the law of God (Psa 80:12; Is 5:2, 5); by violating it, the people stripped themselves of the fence of God's protection and lay exposed to the foe. The false prophets did not try to repair the evil by bringing back the people to the law with good counsels, or by checking the bad with reproofs. These two duties answer to the double office of defenders in case of a breach made in a wall: (1) To repair the breach from within; (2) To oppose the foe from without. to stand--that is, that the city may "stand." in ... day of ... Lord--In the day of the battle which God wages against Israel for their sins, ye do not try to stay God's vengeance by prayers, and by leading the nation to repentance.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps - Far from opposing sinners, who are bringing down the wrath of God upon the place, you prevent their repentance by your flattering promises and false predictions. Ye have neither by prayers, example, nor advice, contributed any thing for the preservation of the place, or the salvation of the people's souls.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 13:1-9

Heavy judgments against lying prophets. (Ezek 13:1-9) The insufficiency of their work. (Ezek 13:10-16) Woes against false prophetesses. (Ezek 13:17-23) Verses 1-9 Where God gives a warrant to do any thing, he gives wisdom. What they delivered was not what they had seen or heard, as that is which the ministers of Christ deliver. They were not praying prophets, had no intercourse with Heaven; they contrived how to…

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Ezekiel 13:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
עֲלִיתֶם֙'a.li.Temyou have gone upH5927
בַּפְּרָצ֔וֹתba.pe.ra.Tzotin the breachesH6556
וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּva.tig.de.Ruand you have walled upH1443
גָדֵ֖רga.Dera wallH1447
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לַעֲמֹ֥דla.'a.Modto standH5975
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֖הba.mil.cha.Mahin the battleH4421
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Ezekiel 13:5

  • Ezekiel 22:30

    And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  • Isaiah 58:12

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • Psalms 106:23

    Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

  • Jeremiah 23:22

    But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

  • Isaiah 13:9

    Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

  • Isaiah 13:6

    Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Joel 3:14

    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

  • Lamentations 2:13-14

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Revelation 6:17

    For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Revelation 16:14

    For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have not.
22:30; Ex 17:9-13; 32:11,12; Nu 16:21,22,47,48; 1Sa 12:23
Ps 106:23; Jer 15:1; 23:22; 27:18; Mal 1:9
gaps. or, breaches.
Isa 58:12; La 2:13,14
made up the hedge. Heb. hedged the hedge. to stand.
Job 40:9; Ps 76:7; Isa 27:4; Eph 6:13,14; Re 16:14; 20:8,9
the day.
30:3; Isa 2:12; 13:6,9; 34:8; Joe 1:15; 2:1,31; 3:14; Am 5:18-20
Zep 1:14-18; 2:2,3; Mal 4:5; 1Th 5:2; 2Pe 3:10; Re 6:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 13:4

    O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

  • Ezekiel 13:5

    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.

  • Ezekiel 13:6

    They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

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Ezekiel 13:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No habéis subido á los portillos, ni echasteis vallado en la casa de Israel, estando en la batalla en el día de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous n’êtes point montés aux brèches, et vous n’avez pas fermé l’enceinte pour la maison d’Israël, afin de tenir ferme dans la bataille, au jour de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In die Risse seid ihr nicht getreten, und die Mauer habt ihr nicht vermauert um das Haus Israel her, um standzuhalten im Streit am Tage Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non ascendistis ex adverso, neque opposuistis murum pro domo Israël, ut staretis in prælio in die Domini.