Ezekiel 22:5

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

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 Then 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.

4 Thou 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.

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

6 "`Behold, the princes of Israel, every one was in thee to their power to shed blood.

7 In thee have they made light of 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.