Ezekiel 5:14

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

Ezekiel 5:14 in Other Translations

14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

14 Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an object of reproach among the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.

14 “So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.

14 "When I get done with you, you'll be a pile of rubble. Nations who walk by will make coarse jokes.

14 Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

14 I will turn you into a wasteland and an object of ridicule among the nations around you and in the presence of everyone who passes by you.

14 "I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

14 "I will destroy you. I will bring shame on you in the sight of the nations that are around you. All those who pass by will see it.

Ezekiel 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 5:14

Moreover I will make thee waste
That is, their land; which, being without inhabitants, lay untilled; and so became barren and unfruitful: and a reproach among the nations that [are] round about thee, in the
sight of all that pass by;
who, seeing it in this desolate condition, shall throw out their taunts and jeers upon it, as in ( Lamentations 2:15 Lamentations 2:16 ) .

Ezekiel 5:14 In-Context

12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath against them will subside, and I will be avenged. And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the LORD have spoken in my zeal.

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

15 You will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the LORD have spoken.

16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:32; Nehemiah 2:17; Psalms 74:3-10; Psalms 79:1-4; Isaiah 64:11; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 22:4; Daniel 9:16; Micah 3:12