Ezekiel 5:6

Ezekiel 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She has rebelled against My judgments by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are all around her; for they have refused My judgments, and they have not walked in My statutes.’

Context of Ezekiel 5:6

4Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. 5“Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her. But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have 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 observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’ 8therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 5:6 word by word

וַתֶּ֨מֶר אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י לְרִשְׁעָה֙ מִן־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶ֨ת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י מִן־הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבוֹתֶ֑יהָ כִּ֤י בְמִשְׁפָּטַי֙ מָאָ֔סוּ וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖י לֹא־הָלְכ֥וּ בָהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• But she has rebelledמָרָהmârâh · to rebelH4784
• againstאֵת'êth · withH854
• My ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• moreמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• wickedlyרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
• thanמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• My statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• the landsאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• surroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• and have not walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980

Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:6

• Ezekiel 16:47Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• 2 Kings 17:8and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.
• Psalms 106:20Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.
• Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
• 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.
• Jude 1:4For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
• Psalms 78:10They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law;
• Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 9:6Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 11:10They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have gone 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.”
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 5:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6She hath changed my judgments - God shows the reason why he deals with Jerusalem in greater severity than with the surrounding nations; because she was more wicked than they. Bad and idolatrous as they were, they had a greater degree of morality among them than the Jews had. Having fallen from the true God, they became more abominable than others in proportion to the height, eminence, and glory from which they had fallen. This is the common case of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6They - The inhabitants of Jerusalem.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