Ezekiel 13:4
Strong's Lexicon
Your prophets,
נְבִיאֶ֥יךָ (nə·ḇî·’e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5030: 1) spokesman, speaker, prophet 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet

O Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

are
הָיֽוּ׃ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like jackals
כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים (kə·šu·‘ā·lîm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7776: 1) fox, a burrower 1a) fox 1b) perhaps also jackal

among the ruins.
בָּחֳרָב֑וֹת (bā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2723: 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.

Young's Literal Translation
As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.

New American Standard Bible
"O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.

King James Bible
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.

New Living Translation
"O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging in the ruins.

English Standard Version
Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.

New American Standard Bible
"O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins.

International Standard Version
Israel, your prophets have become like foxes among ruins.

NET Bible
Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.

American Standard Version
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

English Revised Version
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.

Young's Literal Translation
As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.
















Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Ezekiel 13:3
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 13:2
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;

Ezekiel 13:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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.

Ezekiel 13:7
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
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