Ezekiel 5:5

Ezekiel 5:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord God: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her.

Context of Ezekiel 5:5

3Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes. 4Again take some hair and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. “Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her. 6And she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the [pagan] nations and against My statutes more than the countries that are around her; for Israel has rejected My ordinances and has not walked in My statutes.’ 7Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor kept My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’

Ezekiel 5:5 word by word

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה זֹ֚את יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַגּוֹיִ֖ם שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲרָצֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• I have setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:5

• Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 6:6For the Lord of hosts has said, “Cut down her trees And build a siege [mound] against Jerusalem. This is the city which must be punished; There is nothing but oppression inside her [walls].
• Luke 22:19And when He had taken bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:4and all [of them] drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.
• Ezekiel 16:14Then your fame went out among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My majesty and splendor which I bestowed on you,” says the Lord God.
• Deuteronomy 4:6So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
• Micah 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob Shall be among many peoples Like dew from the Lord, Like showers on the grass [a source of blessing] Which [come suddenly and] do not wait for man Nor delay for the sons of men.
• Matthew 5:14“You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 5:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations - I have made this city the most eminent and the most illustrious in the world. Some think that these words refer to its geographical situation, as being equally in the center of the habitable world. But any point on a globe is its center, no matter where laid down; and it would not be difficult to show that even this literal sense is tolerably correct. But the point which is the center of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I have set it in the midst of the nations - It was not unusual for nations to regard the sanctuary, which they most revered, as the center of the earth. In the case of the holy land this was both natural and appropriate. Egypt to the south, Syria to the north, Assyria to the east and the Isles of the Gentiles in the Great Sea to the west, were to the Jew proofs of the central position of his land in the midst of the nations (compare Jeremiah 3:19). The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-17Verses 5-17 The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The reason for God’s judgment on his people is very clear. Israel had broken its covenant (the binding promise relationship) with God. Because of this broken covenant, God brought judgment on them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Explanation of the symbols: Jerusalem--not the mere city, but the people of Israel generally, of which it was the center and representative. in ... midst--Jerusalem is regarded in God's point of view as center of the whole earth, designed to radiate the true light over the nations in all directions. Compare Margin ("navel"), Eze 38:12; Psa 48:2; Jr 3:17. No center in the ancient heathen world could have been selected more fitted than Canaan to be a…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings