Ezekiel · Chapter 13 King James Version

Ezekiel 13:5

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

In this chapter the people of Israel are warned against eating the bones of the dead, a practice that leads to spiritual death and famine. They are described as eating the bone of the man and the bone of the woman, which symbolizes a loss of righteousness and a turning away from God. The chapter teaches that such actions bring disaster and that true life comes from obedience to God.

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