Ezekiel 5:7
5 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
6 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.’
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
9 Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
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.
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- BSB
- Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- “Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have followed the ordinances of the nations that are around you;
- ASV
- Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
- DARBY
- Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor [even] have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
- BLB
- Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Because of your⁺ turbulence above the nations that [are] around you⁺, in My statutes you⁺ have not walked, and My ordinances you⁺ have not done—nor have you⁺ done’ according to the ordinances of the nations that [are] around you⁺!
- ÅB
- Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fordi dere har rast verre enn folkene som bor rundt omkring dere, fordi dere ikke har fulgt mine bud og ikke gjort etter mine lover og ikke engang gjort etter de folks lover som bor rundt omkring dere,
- OTB
- Derfor sier Herren Gud: Fordi dere har vært mer uregjerlige enn nasjonene rundt dere og ikke har fulgt mine lover eller holdt mine forskrifter, og heller ikke tilpasset dere standardene til nasjonene rundt dere,
- B1930
- Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fordi I har rast verre enn folkene som bor rundt omkring eder, fordi I ikke har fulgt mine bud og ikke gjort efter mine lover og ikke engang gjort efter de folks lover som bor rundt omkring eder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:10–11
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
Read in context2 Kings 21:9–11
But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:9
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:47–48
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:54
So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
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