Ezekiel 5:6

Translations

Modern

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.’

Traditional

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.

Literal

And she has rebelled against My ordinances for wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are around her—for My ordinances they have refused, and My statutes, they have not walked in them!’

Latin

Et contempsit judicia mea, ut plus esset impia quam gentes, et præcepta mea ultra quam terræ quæ in circuitu ejus sunt: judicia enim mea projecerunt, et in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.’

Notes

Ezekiel 5:5–6

The 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.

Ezekiel 4:1–7:27

These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).

Theme notes and profiles

Prophetic Sign Acts The Gift of Prophecy

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

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 the covenant I made with their fathers.
Ezekiel 16:47–48
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
2 Kings 17:8–20
…and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
Nehemiah 9:16–17
But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Psalm 78:10
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
Ezekiel 16:51
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
Jeremiah 8:5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Deuteronomy 32:15–21
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Psalm 106:20
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
Romans 1:23–25
…and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Glossary

Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Church: Backslidden Jerusalem: Wickedness of, the Cause of Its Calamities

Ezekiel 5:6

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