Ezekiel 13:5

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.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 30:3 explicitly uses 'the day of the LORD' with the same warning of imminent judgment as in chapter 13.

In Lamentations 2:14, false prophets are condemned for not exposing iniquity—directly matching the failure here.

Revelation 16:14 directly mentions 'the great day of God' and battle, tying the eschatological conflict to the 'day of the LORD' in Ezekiel.

Zephaniah 1:14-18 describes the day of the LORD as a day of wrath and battle — intensifying the urgency of Ezekiel's rebuke for failing to prepare.

Joel 2:1 Parallel

Joel 2:1 sounds the trumpet alarm for battle on the day of the LORD — directly echoing the battle imagery Ezekiel uses to rebuke the false prophets.

Joel 1:15 Related theme

Joel 1:15 laments the nearness of the day of the LORD, directly paralleling the warning in Ezekiel.

Exodus 32:11 shows Moses interceding after the golden calf — he stood in the breach by pleading for mercy, contrasting the false prophets' neglect.

In Jeremiah 23:22, the same failure is exposed: prophets did not stand in God's counsel to turn people from evil.

In Isaiah 58:12, the 'repairer of the breach' positively fulfills the neglected role of building up the wall.

Isaiah 34:8 Related theme

Isaiah 34:8 speaks of the day of the LORD's vengeance, linking to the same eschatological theme in Ezekiel.

Exodus 32:12 continues Moses' intercession, reasoning with God to turn away wrath — a model of the intercessory role the false prophets abandoned.

Isaiah 13:9 Parallel

Isaiah 13:9 describes the day of the LORD's wrath, paralleling the judgment context in Ezekiel.

Isaiah 13:6 Parallel

Isaiah 13:6 cries out that the day of the LORD is near, directly echoing the same phrase from Ezekiel.

Isaiah 2:12 Parallel

Isaiah 2:12 proclaims the LORD's day against the proud, reinforcing the theme of divine judgment in Ezekiel.

Psalm 106:23 directly states Moses 'stood in the breach' to turn away God's wrath — the exact phrase Ezekiel uses negatively is applied positively here.

Jeremiah 15:1 mentions Moses and Samuel standing before God in intercession, yet even they could not avert judgment — showing the seriousness of the breach.

Zephaniah 2:3 calls the humble to seek righteousness to be hidden on the day of anger — echoing the protective function of the wall Ezekiel mentions.

Zephaniah 2:2 urges seeking refuge before the day comes — directly addressing the need for preparation that Ezekiel's prophets neglected.

Numbers 16:21 records God's command to separate from Korah's company before judgment — the breach that needed intercession, which Moses and Aaron then provided.

Amos 5:18-20 warns the day of the LORD is darkness, not light — contrasting false hope of deliverance with the judgment Ezekiel highlights.

Joel 3:14 Related theme

Joel 3:14 depicts multitudes in judgment as the day of the LORD nears — reinforcing the decisive battle context of Ezekiel's warning.

Joel 2:31 Related theme

Joel 2:31 adds cosmic signs before the great day of the LORD — expanding the apocalyptic scope of the day Ezekiel references.

Malachi 4:5 Related theme

Malachi 4:5 promises Elijah before the great and terrible day — providing a future reference to the same day of the LORD Ezekiel warns about.

In Ephesians 6:13, believers are called to stand in the evil day—a positive counterpart to the failure to stand here.

In Jeremiah 27:18, true prophets should intercede to avert disaster—echoing the call to 'go up into the gaps'.