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Ezekiel 22:5 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 22 · verse 5
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.Ezekiel 22:5 · King James Version
Ezekiel 22:5 in context
3Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
4Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- infamousṭâmêʼfoul in a religious senseH2931 →
- infamousshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- nearqârôwbnearH7138 →
- mockqâlaçto disparageH7046 →
- muchrababundantH7227 →
- farrâchôwqremote, literally or figuratively, of place or timeH7350 →
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In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other nations, much more over God's nation, Jer 1:10. This prophet is authorized to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16