Ezekiel 5:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 5:6

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.’

BSB

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ASV

And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations,.... So they changed their glory for that which did not profit; and the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man; and the truth of God into a lie, Jer 2:11; or, "for wickedness" (q); for judgments and laws that were not good, and which to observe was wickedness.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Version 5 and following) Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations, with the lands surrounding it; and it has despised my judgments, being more wicked than the nations, and my commandments more than the lands that surround it. For they have rejected my judgments and have not walked in my commandments. The Prophet also attests to Jerusalem being situated in the midst of the world, showing it to be the navel of the earth.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֶּ֨מֶר	va.Te.mer	and it has rebelled against	H4784 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י	mish.pa.Tai	judgments my	H4941 →
לְרִשְׁעָה֙	le.rish.'Ah	to wickedness	H7564 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
וְאֶ֨ת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חֻקּוֹתַ֔י	chu.ko.Tai	statutes my	H2708 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת	ha.'a.ra.Tzot	the lands	H776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
סְבִיבוֹתֶ֑יהָ	se.vi.vo.Tei.ha	[are] around it	H5439 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְמִשְׁפָּטַי֙	ve.mish.pa.Tai	<in> judgments my	H4941 →
מָאָ֔סוּ	ma.'A.su	they have rejected	H3988 →
וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖י	ve.chu.ko.Tai	and statutes my	H2708 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָלְכ֥וּ	ha.le.Khu	they have walked	H1980 →
בָהֶֽם׃ ס	va.Hem	in them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:29
  You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly…
- Hosea 4:16
  For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
- Jeremiah 8:5
  Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Through
Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:16
  And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will…
- Ezekiel 16:59
  For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
- Judges 2:17
  Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience…
- 1 Samuel 15:11
  “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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