Parallel Verses New International Version "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even conformed to the standards of the nations around you. King James Bible 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; Darby Bible Translation Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor [even] have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you; World English Bible Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are turbulent more than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you; Young's Literal Translation Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that are around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That are round about you ye have not done. Ezekiel 5:7 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleShe hath changed my judgments - God shows the reason why he deals with Jerusalem in greater severity than with the surrounding nations; because she was more wicked than they. Bad and idolatrous as they were, they had a greater degree of morality among them than the Jews had. Having fallen from the true God, they became more abominable than others in proportion to the height, eminence, and glory from which they had fallen. This is the common case of backsliders; they frequently, in their fall, become tenfold more the children of wrath than they were before. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge neither have done 2 Kings 21:9-11 But they listened not... Library EzekielTo a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Cross References 2 Kings 21:9 But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. 2 Chronicles 33:9 But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. Jeremiah 2:10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this: Jeremiah 2:11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Jump to Previous Acted Judgments Kept Multiplied Nations Ordinances Round Statutes Turbulent Turmoil WalkedJump to Next Acted Judgments Kept Multiplied Nations Ordinances Round Statutes Turbulent Turmoil WalkedLinks Ezekiel 5:7 NIVEzekiel 5:7 NLT Ezekiel 5:7 ESV Ezekiel 5:7 NASB Ezekiel 5:7 KJV Ezekiel 5:7 Bible Apps Ezekiel 5:7 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 5:7 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 5:7 French Bible Ezekiel 5:7 German Bible Ezekiel 5:7 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |