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They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build up a stone wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the gaps <i>or</i> breaches, nor built the wall around the house of Israel that it might stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They don't warn the people about coming trouble or tell them how dangerous it is to sin against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the fence for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They haven't repaired the gaps in the wall or rebuilt the wall for the nation of Israel. So Israel will not be protected in battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They don't guard the places where the walls have crumbled, nor do they rebuild the walls, and so Israel cannot be defended when war comes on the day of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You didn't go up to repair the breaches in the walls and you didn't build the walls so Israel's house would be able to endure battle on the Day of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the breach, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the gaps or built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in Yahweh’s day. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not gone up into breaches, "" Nor do you make a wall for the house of Israel, "" To stand in battle in a day of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Ye 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ye went not up into the breaches, and ye will wall in the wall upon the house of Israel to stand in the war in the day of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up to face the enemy, nor have you set up a wall for the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You have not gone up against the adversary, and you have not established a wall for the house of Israel, so as to stand in battle on the day of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You did not step into the breach, nor repair the wall around the house of Israel so it would stand firm against attack on the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You have not gone up into the breaches, or repaired a wall for the house of Israel, so that it might stand in battle on the day of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You have not gone up to build the breaches, neither have you made up a hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You did not go up into the wall gaps, also you did not build a fence for those of the house of Israel in which to stand in war in the day of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye have not gone up into the breaches, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=2842" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/13.htm">The Reproof of False Prophets</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ă·lî·ṯem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">go up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6556.htm" title="6556: bap·pə·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A bursting forth, breach. From parats; a break.">to the gaps</a> <a href="/hebrew/1443.htm" title="1443: wat·tiḡ·də·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To wall up or off, to build a wall. A primitive root; to wall in or around.">or restore</a> <a href="/hebrew/1447.htm" title="1447: ḡā·ḏêr (N-ms) -- A wall. From gadar; a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure.">the wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: la·‘ă·mōḏ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">so that it would stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: bam·mil·ḥā·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">in the battle</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the Day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Isaiah 58:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/4-7.htm">Nehemiah 4:7-9</a></span><br />When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious, / and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance. / So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Jeremiah 23:21-22</a></span><br />I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. / 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Isaiah 62:6</a></span><br />On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a></span><br />They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a></span><br />They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-13</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a></span><br />For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28-31</a></span><br />Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. / I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You 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.</p><p class="hdg">have not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9-13</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11,12</a></b></br> And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? … </p><p class="hdg">gaps.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Isaiah 58:12</a></b></br> And <i>they that shall be</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13,14</a></b></br> 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 <i>is</i> great like the sea: who can heal thee? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/40-9.htm">Job 40:9</a></b></br> Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/76-7.htm">Psalm 76:7</a></b></br> Thou, <i>even</i> thou, <i>art</i> to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4</a></b></br> Fury <i>is</i> not in me: who would set the briers <i>and</i> thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.</p><p class="hdg">the day</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/30-3.htm">Ezekiel 30:3</a></b></br> For the day <i>is</i> near, even the day of the LORD <i>is</i> near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12</a></b></br> For the day of the LORD of hosts <i>shall be</i> upon every <i>one that is</i> proud and lofty, and upon every <i>one that is</i> lifted up; and he shall be brought low:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6,9</a></b></br> Howl ye; for the day of the LORD <i>is</i> at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-3.htm">Build</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-5.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-10.htm">Fence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-30.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Hedge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-4.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Repair</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-17.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/11-10.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/amos/4-3.htm">Breaches</a> <a href="/daniel/2-40.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Build</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Built</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Fence</a> <a href="/daniel/10-20.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Hedge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Places</a> <a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Repair</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-1.htm">The reproof of false prophets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">and their untempered mortar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-17.htm">Of prophecies and their pillows</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You did not go up to the gaps</b><br>This phrase addresses the failure of the false prophets in Ezekiel's time. In ancient warfare, gaps in city walls were critical vulnerabilities. The prophets were expected to act as spiritual watchmen, standing in the breaches to protect the people. Their failure to do so symbolizes neglect in spiritual leadership and guidance. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Isaiah 58:12</a>, where the faithful are called to be "repairers of the breach."<p><b>or restore the wall around the house of Israel</b><br>The wall represents spiritual and moral fortification. The prophets' duty was to strengthen the people’s faith and adherence to God's laws, akin to Nehemiah's physical rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. The failure to restore the wall signifies a lack of true spiritual teaching and leadership, leaving the community vulnerable to spiritual decay and external threats.<p><b>so that it would stand in the battle</b><br>The battle refers to spiritual warfare, a recurring theme in scripture. <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a> speaks of the struggle against spiritual forces of evil. The prophets' failure to prepare the people for this battle left them defenseless. This highlights the importance of spiritual readiness and the role of leaders in equipping believers for challenges.<p><b>on the Day of the LORD</b><br>The Day of the LORD is a prophetic term for a time of divine judgment and intervention. It is a day of reckoning, as seen in passages like <a href="/joel/2.htm">Joel 2:1-2</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>. This phrase underscores the urgency and seriousness of the prophets' neglect, as they failed to prepare Israel for God's impending judgment. The Day of the LORD also foreshadows eschatological events, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ's return and final judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic actions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/false_prophets.htm">False Prophets</a></b><br>Individuals in Israel who claimed to speak for God but delivered false messages, leading the people astray and failing to prepare them spiritually.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the people of Israel, God's chosen nation, who were in a covenant relationship with Him but often strayed from His commands.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/breaches_in_the_wall.htm">Breaches in the Wall</a></b><br>Symbolic of the spiritual and moral gaps in the community that needed to be addressed and repaired to ensure the nation's security and faithfulness to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/day_of_the_lord.htm">Day of the LORD</a></b><br>A future time of divine intervention and judgment, often associated with both immediate historical events and eschatological fulfillment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_true_prophets.htm">The Role of True Prophets</a></b><br>True prophets are called to address and repair spiritual breaches, guiding people back to God’s truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preparedness.htm">Spiritual Preparedness</a></b><br>Believers must be vigilant and prepared for spiritual battles, ensuring their faith is strong and uncompromised.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_in_leadership.htm">Accountability in Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders in the church are accountable for the spiritual well-being of their communities and must not neglect their responsibilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_truth.htm">The Importance of Truth</a></b><br>Upholding and speaking God’s truth is crucial in preventing spiritual decay and deception.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The "day of the LORD" serves as a reminder of the urgency to repent and align with God’s will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_102_lack_historical_context.htm">Why does Psalm 102 speak of Zion's restoration without any clear historical fulfillment during the time it was written?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_egypt's_40-year_desolation.htm">In Ezekiel 29:9-12, the prophecy states that Egypt will be desolate for 40 years; why is there no clear historical record of such a period?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'a_bruised_reed'_mean.htm">How do biblical idioms shape modern Christian language?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Ye have not gone up into the gaps.</span>--The change of person is frequent enough in prophecy, and especially common in Ezekiel. It is changed back in <a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm" title="They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD said: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.">Ezekiel 13:6</a>, and changed again in <a href="/ezekiel/13-7.htm" title="Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken?">Ezekiel 13:7</a>. The <span class= "ital">gaps </span>refer to the breaches in the wall made by the enemy, which became the rallying point of every brave leader (see <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 22:30</a>), and the following words express essentially the same thought. The word <span class= "ital">"</span>hedge" should rather be translated <span class= "ital">wall</span>--"neither have ye built up the wall." The false prophets, like the hireling shepherds of <a href="/john/10-12.htm" title="But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.">John 10:12</a>, were only selfish, and had no care for the flock. The whole language is figurative, the breaches in the material walls representing the moral decay of the people.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - The verse contains two distinct images. There were breaches in the walls of Jerusalem, literally and spiritually, and the false prophets had not been as "repairers of the breach" (<a href="/isaiah/58-12.htm">Isaiah 58:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a>). The hedge of the vineyard of Israel had been broken through (<a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Isaiah 5:5</a>), and they had done nothing to restore it (<a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Ezekiel 22:30</a>). The day of battle, the day of the Lord, had come, and they were betraying the people instead of helping. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">go up</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלִיתֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the gaps</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּפְּרָצ֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bap·pə·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6556.htm">Strong's 6556: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bursting forth, breach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or restore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiḡ·də·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1443.htm">Strong's 1443: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wall up or off, to build a wall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wall</span><br /><span class="heb">גָדֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ḡā·ḏêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1447.htm">Strong's 1447: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circumvallation, an inclosure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that it would stand</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲמֹ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·mōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the battle</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the Day</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/13-5.htm">Ezekiel 13:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/13-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 13:5 You have not gone up into (Ezek. 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