Ezekiel 5:14
What does Ezekiel 5:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 5:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that <FI>are<Fi> round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of every one that passeth by.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted: and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
v.14This passage
v.15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it);
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 19:8
And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
- Nehemiah 2:17
Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Psalms 74:3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 26:31
And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
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