Ezekiel 13:5 - Exposition

The verse contains two distinct images. There were breaches in the walls of Jerusalem, literally and spiritually, and the false prophets had not been as "repairers of the breach" ( Isaiah 58:12 ; Psalms 106:23 ). The hedge of the vineyard of Israel had been broken through ( Isaiah 5:5 ), and they had done nothing to restore it ( Ezekiel 22:30 ). The day of battle, the day of the Lord, had come, and they were betraying the people instead of helping.