4. foxes —which cunningly "spoil the vines" ( :- ), Israel being the vineyard ( Psalms 80:8-15 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Isaiah 27:2 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ); their duty was to have guarded it from being spoiled, whereas they themselves spoiled it by corruptions. in . . . deserts —where there is nothing to eat; whence the foxes become so ravenous and crafty in their devices to get food. So the prophets wander in Israel, a moral desert, unrestrained, greedy of gain which they get by craft. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-ezk-13-001
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological