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Ezekiel 13

Ezek. 13:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, thy prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
are like the foxes
shuw`al (Hebrew #7776)
from the same as 8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
KJV usage: fox.
Pronounce: shoo-awl'
Origin: or shunal {shoo-awl'}
in the deserts
chorbah (Hebrew #2723)
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
KJV usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
Pronounce: khor-baw'
Origin: feminine of 2721
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prophets.Crafty, mischievous, and ravenous; always scheming something for their own interest; while they would not risk their persons to avert the mischief which they had caused.like.
Song of Sol. 2:15• 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards:{HR}For our vineyards are in bloom. (Song of Sol. 2:15)
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Mic. 2:11• 11{i}If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people{/i}. (Mic. 2:11)
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Mic. 3:5• 5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err{i}, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:{/i} (Mic. 3:5)
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Matt. 7:15• 15But beware of false prophets, which come unto you in sheep's clothing but within are ravening wolves. (Matt. 7:15)
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Rom. 16:18• 18For such as they serve not our Lord [Jesus] Christ, but their own belly, and by kind speaking and fairness of speech deceive the hearts of the harmless. (Rom. 16:18)
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2 Cor. 11:13‑15• 13For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ:
14and no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light:
15[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
(2 Cor. 11:13‑15)
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Gal. 2:4• 4and [this] on account of the false brethren brought in stealthily, who came in stealthily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage, (Gal. 2:4)
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Eph. 4:14• 14that we may no longer be babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of doctrine in the sleight of men, in craftiness for the scheming of error, (Eph. 4:14)
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2 Thess. 2:9‑10• 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
10and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
(2 Thess. 2:9‑10)
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1 Tim. 4:1‑2• 1But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
2by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience,
(1 Tim. 4:1‑2)
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Titus 1:10‑12• 10For there are many unruly ones, vain speakers and deceivers, specially those of [the] circumcision,
11whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake.
12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, 'Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies.'
(Titus 1:10‑12)
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Rev. 13:11‑14• 11And I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him, and causeth the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13And he doeth great signs, so that even fire he maketh come down out of the heaven unto the earth before men;
14and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
(Rev. 13:11‑14)
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Rev. 19:20• 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places.

W. Kelly Translation

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