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Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
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Prophets of Ruin
Commentators explain that comparing false prophets to "foxes in the waste places" highlights their destructive nature. Like foxes that thrive among ruins and undermine the ground, these prophets found personal gain in the nation's decay and actively contributed to its downfall rather than its restoration.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the deserts - Foxes find a home among ruins etc. (Lamentations 5:18). So the prophets find their profit in the ruin of their …
19th Century
Anglican
Like the foxes in the deserts. —The comparison is sufficiently close if it is considered as extending only to these misch…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore, Ezekiel exposes the snares of the false prophets. The ten tribes had been dispersed, much like a field or a vineyard removed from a popu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes of the deserts . ] The false prophets, as the Targum; these are called Israel'…
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