Ezekiel 22:5

5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.

Ezekiel 22:5 in Other Translations

5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.

5 O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people far and near.

5 From far and near they'll deride you as infamous in filth, notorious for chaos.

5 Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil.

Ezekiel 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:5

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock
thee
The neighbouring nations, as the Edomites, Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites; and distant ones, as the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians; all that either hear of, or see their misery, shall rejoice at it, and triumph over them: which art infamous and much vexed;
or they shall say, O thou of an infamous name and character; who hast defiled thy name, got a blot upon it, and lost thy credit by thy conduct and behaviour; and now fretting and vexing under the afflictions and calamities that lie upon thee: or whose tumults are many, as the Targum; who hast been full of noise, and factions, and tumults; thou art now come to a righteous end.

Ezekiel 22:5 In-Context

3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

4 you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.

5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.

6 “ ‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 22:2