Ezekiel 5:14

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

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 part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword around thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

13 Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

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

15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment to the nations that [are] around thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken [it].

16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: