כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה ה֖וֹי עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֣ים הַנְּבָלִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֹלְכִ֛ים אַחַ֥ר רוּחָ֖ם וּלְבִלְתִּ֥י רָאֽוּ׃
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Ruth Rabbah
Rabbi Neḥemya began: “Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in ruins. [You did not go up into the breaches or build a fence for the house of Israel, to stand in battle on the day of the Lord]” (Ezekiel 13:4–5)13The prophets addressed by Ezekiel are false prophets, “foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing” (Ezekiel 13:3). – just as this fox anticipates in the ruins so that when he sees people he will know to which direction to flee, sohave been like foxes in the ruins. You did not go up into the breaches like Moses. To whom was Moses our master similar? It is to a faithful shepherd for whom a fence fell just before dark. He arose and fenced on three sides, but a breach remained, and he did not have time to fence it. He stood in the breach; a lion came, and he stood against it. A wolf came, and he stood against it. You [the prophets], however, did not stand in the breach like Moses, for if you had gone up into the breaches like Moses, you would have been able to stand in battle on the day of God’s wrath.