Ezekiel 5:7

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;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֗ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
multiplied	הֲמָנְכֶם֙ ha.ma.ne.Khem	H1995	a noise · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
nations	הַגּוֹיִם֙ ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
about	סְבִיבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם se.vi.vo.tei.Khem	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
walked	הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם ha.lakh.Tem	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
statutes	בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙ be.chu.ko.Tai	H2708	an enactment · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
kept	עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם 'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
judgments	מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י mish.pa.Tai	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
done	עֲשִׂיתֶֽם 'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
judgments	וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י u.khe.mish.pe.Tei	H4941	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
nations	הַגּוֹיִ֛ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
about	סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם se.vi.vo.tei.Khem	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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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.
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…
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 chi…
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…
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…
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

We have here the explanation of the foregoing similitude: This is Jerusalem. Thus it is usual in scripture language to give the name of the thing signified to the sign; as when Christ said, This is my body. The prophet's head, which was to be shaved, signified Jerusalem, which by the judgments of God was now to be stripped of all its ornaments, to be emptied of all its inhabitants, and to be set naked and bare, to be shaved with a razor that is hired, Isa 7:20. The head of one that was a priest, a prophet, a holy person, was fittest to represent Jerusalem the holy city. Now the contents of these verses are much the same with what we have often met with, and still shall, in the writings of th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:7

multiplied--rather, "have been more abundantly outrageous"; literally, "to tumultuate"; to have an extravagant rage for idols. neither have done according to the judgments of the nations--have not been as tenacious of the true religion as the nations have been of the false. The heathen "changed" not their gods, but the Jews changed Jehovah for idols (see Eze 5:6, "changed My judgments into wickedness," that is, idolatry, Jer 2:11). The Chaldean version and the Masora support the negative. Others omit it (as it is omitted in Eze 11:12), and translate, "but have done according to the judgments," &c. However, both Eze 11:12 and also this verse are true. They in one sense "did according to the…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:6

She 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 backsliders; they frequently, in their fall, become tenfold more the children of wrath than they were before.

Dictionary and topics

Jerusalem · Wickedness of, the cause of its calamities — Wickedness of, the cause of its calamities

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 5:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:6

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 5:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 5:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 5:6

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 5:7

John Calvin on Ezekiel 5:7-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 5:7-13

Rashi on Ezekiel 5:7