Ezekiel 5:15
13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
14 I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
16 When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- KJV
- So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
- WEB
- So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, the LORD, have spoken it—
- ASV
- So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Jehovah, have spoken it;)
- DARBY
- And it shall be a reproach, and a taunt, an instruction, and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I, Jehovah, have spoken.
- BLB
- And you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations that [are] around you, in my making against you judgments in anger and in fury and with rebukes of fury—I, YHWH, have spoken—
- ÅB
- Du skal bli til spott og hån, til en advarsel og en forferdelse for folkene som bor rundt omkring deg, når jeg holder dom over deg med vrede og harme og med harmfulle tuktelser - jeg, Herren, har talt -
- OTB
- Du vil være en skam, et objekt for misbruk, en advarsel, og en redsel for nasjonene rundt deg når jeg utfører dommer mot deg i vrede, harme, og sterke irettesettelser. Jeg, Herren, har talt.
- B1930
- Du skal bli til spott og hån, til en advarsel og en forferdelse for folkene som bor rundt omkring dig, når jeg holder dom over dig med vrede og harme og med harmfulle tuktelser - jeg, Herren, har talt -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
Read in contextEzekiel 25:17
I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
Read in contextPsalms 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:9
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Read in context1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:24–28
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Read in contextIsaiah 66:15–16
For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
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