Ezekiel 5:14 “I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in…”

Ezekiel 5:14

I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

World English Bible

“‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

American Standard Version

Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations, that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that passe by.

Darby Translation

And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Young's Literal Translation

And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make you a waste and a name of shame among the nations round about you, in the eyes of everyone who goes by.

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Cross references

“I will”

Ezekiel 22:4 Nehemiah 2:17 Psalm 74:3–10 Psalm 79:1–4 Deuteronomy 28:37 Jeremiah 19:8

Ezekiel 22:4 · BSB

you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations…

Nehemiah 2:17 · BSB

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Psalm 74:3–10 · BSB

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

Psalm 79:1–4 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Jeremiah 19:8 · BSB

I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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