Ezekiel 5:7

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.

6 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.

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.

9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

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

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

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  • 2 Kings 21:9–11

    But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:9

    So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 5:11

    Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

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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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  • Ezekiel 16:54

    That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

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