Ezekiel 5:6

Judgment

⁴ Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

⁵ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

⁷ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

⁸ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

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: But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’
KJV: And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
WEB: She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’
ASV: And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
DARBY: And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
BLB: And she has rebelled against My ordinances for wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that [are] around her—for My ordinances they have refused, and My statutes, they have not walked in them!’

ÅB: men det var gjenstridig mot mine lover, så det var mere ugudelig enn hedningefolkene, og mot mine bud, så det var mere ugudelig enn landene rundt omkring det; for de forkastet mine lover og fulgte ikke mine bud.
OTB: Likevel har hun gjort opprør mot mine forskrifter mer ondt enn nasjonene, og mot mine lover mer enn landene rundt henne; for de har forkastet mine lover og ikke fulgt mine forskrifter.
B1930: men det var gjenstridig mot mine lover, så det var mere ugudelig enn hedningefolkene, og mot mine bud, så det var mere ugudelig enn landene rundt omkring det; for de forkastet mine lover og fulgte ikke mine bud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 11:10
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
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Ezekiel 16:47–48
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
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Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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2 Kings 17:8–20
And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
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Nehemiah 9:16–17
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
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Psalms 78:10
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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Ezekiel 16:51
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
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Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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