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You 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 Yahweh.
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The Call to Stand in the Gap
Commentators explain this verse uses the powerful metaphor of a city whose walls are breached by the people's sin. True spiritual leaders are called to "stand in the gap"—to courageously defend the nation through intercessory prayer and by calling people back to God. The false prophets failed this duty, leaving the people defenseless against judgment.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For - Or, before. In a time of siege, when there are gaps or breaches in the walls, it is the duty of the leaders to go up to defend them an…
19th Century
Anglican
You have not gone up into the gaps. —The change of person is frequent enough in prophecy, and especially common in Ezekie…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore, he pursues the same thought, but presses the false prophets harder. He has said generally that they were sacrilegious, making a false us…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have not gone up into the gaps Or "breaches" F4 ; so the Targum. The allusion is to breaches made in …
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