Ezekiel 5:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’”
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“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that <FI>are<Fi> around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That <FI> are<Fi> round about you ye have not done.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 5:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 33:9So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
- Jeremiah 2:10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
- Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- Ezekiel 16:47And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
- Ezekiel 16:54So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
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