Ezekiel 5:8

8 therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I, even I, am ¹against you, and I will ²execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 5:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, even I, [am] against
thee
Or, "behold, I [am] against thee, even I" ^F21; who am the Lord God omnipotent, great King, and a dreadful one; and a terrible thing it is for a people to have the mighty God against them; or for any to fall into the hands of the living God: this is repeated to show that it certainly was so; and that the Lord was set upon it; and determined to come forth against them in the way of his judgments, as follows: and will execute judgments in the midst of thee, in the sight of the
nations;
that is, inflict punishments upon them for their disregard to his righteous judgments, which should take place in the midst of them, and consume them all around; and should be so manifest as to be seen by all the nations about them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yna Mg Kyle ynnh) "ecce ego ad te, etiam ego", Pagninus, Montanus; "ecce ego contra te, etiam ego", Starckius.

Ezekiel 5:8 In-Context

6 'But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.'

7 "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,'

8 therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

9 'And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again.

10 'Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 21:5, 13; Ezekiel 15:7; Ezekiel 21:3; Zechariah 14:2
• 2. Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 5:15; Ezekiel 11:9