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I placed her at the center of the nations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD; This <i>is</i> Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries <i>that are</i> round about her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘This <i>is</i> Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem; I have placed her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8216This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the Lord GOD says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am the LORD God, and I have made Jerusalem the most important place in the world, and all other nations admire it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is what the Almighty LORD says: This is Jerusalem! I have placed it in the center of the nations with countries all around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Sovereign LORD said, "Look at Jerusalem. I put her at the center of the world, with other countries all around her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the Lord GOD says, 'This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many nations surrounding her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ?This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"This is what the sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'This is Jerusalem; I have placed her at the center of the nations, and countries are around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the middle of the nations, and countries are around her. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said Lord YHWH: “This [is] Jerusalem, "" I have set her in the midst of the nations, "" And the lands [are] around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem; I set her in the midst of the nations and lands round about her.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem, I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries round about her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord God: “This is Jerusalem. I have placed her in the midst of the Gentiles and of the lands all around her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem! I placed it in the midst of the nations, surrounded by foreign lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD God: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, with all the cities round about her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “This is Jerusalem. I have set her among the nations and all the cities around her<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord; This is Jerusalem: I have set her and the countries round about her in the midst of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=940" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Judgment Against Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">‘This is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tî·hā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">which I have set</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·wḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in the center</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">with countries</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: ū·sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all around her.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a></span><br />For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-3.htm">Isaiah 2:3</a></span><br />And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-2.htm">Psalm 48:2</a></span><br />Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15</a></span><br />All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6-8</a></span><br />Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” / For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? / And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">2 Chronicles 6:6</a></span><br />But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">Matthew 5:14</a></span><br />You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-21</a></span><br />Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a></span><br />But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the middle of the nations and countries that are round about her.</p><p class="hdg">This</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1</a></b></br> Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, <i>even</i> Jerusalem:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6</a></b></br> For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this <i>is</i> the city to be visited; she <i>is</i> wholly oppression in the midst of her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19,20</a></b></br> And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake <i>it</i>, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me… </p><p class="hdg">I have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-14.htm">Ezekiel 16:14</a></b></br> And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it <i>was</i> perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6</a></b></br> Keep therefore and do <i>them</i>; for this <i>is</i> your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation <i>is</i> a wise and understanding people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Micah 5:7</a></b></br> And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Center</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-2.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-2.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-27.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Center</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-2.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Under the type of hair</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">by famine, sword, and dispersion</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a common prophetic introduction, underscoring that the words are not Ezekiel's own but are directly from God. This establishes the seriousness and authenticity of the prophecy, as seen throughout the Old Testament when prophets convey God's messages (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a>).<p><b>‘This is Jerusalem,</b><br>Jerusalem is central to biblical history and theology. It is the city chosen by God for His temple (<a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a>) and the spiritual heart of Israel. Historically, Jerusalem was the political and religious center of the Jewish people, symbolizing God's presence among them. It is also significant in prophecy, as it is often depicted as the focal point of God's plans for redemption and judgment (<a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Zechariah 12:2-3</a>).<p><b>which I have set in the center of the nations,</b><br>This phrase highlights Jerusalem's geographical and theological centrality. Geographically, ancient maps often placed Jerusalem at the center of the known world. Theologically, it signifies God's intention for Israel to be a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a>), a place from which His truth and law would emanate. This centrality also foreshadows the coming of Christ, who would bring salvation to all nations from Jerusalem (<a href="/luke/24-47.htm">Luke 24:47</a>).<p><b>with countries all around her.</b><br>This indicates the surrounding nations that historically interacted with Israel, such as Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and others. These nations often influenced or threatened Israel, leading to various conflicts and alliances. The phrase also suggests the idea of Israel being a witness to these nations, reflecting God's holiness and justice. In a prophetic sense, it points to the eschatological vision where Jerusalem becomes a place of gathering for all nations in the Messianic age (<a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book and the one through whom God delivers His messages.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central city in this passage, representing the spiritual and political heart of Israel, chosen by God to be a light to the nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign deity of Israel, who speaks through Ezekiel, emphasizing His authority and the gravity of His message.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>The surrounding countries and peoples that God has placed around Jerusalem, highlighting its central role and influence.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of judgment and reflection for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/centrality_of_god's_plan.htm">Centrality of God's Plan</a></b><br>Jerusalem's placement at the center of the nations signifies God's intentional design for His people to be a focal point of His redemptive work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_of_being_chosen.htm">Responsibility of Being Chosen</a></b><br>With the privilege of being set apart comes the responsibility to live according to God's standards and to be a witness to the surrounding nations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The context of Ezekiel's prophecy includes warnings of judgment due to Israel's failure to fulfill its role, reminding us of the importance of obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_purpose.htm">God's Sovereignty and Purpose</a></b><br>God's placement of Jerusalem reflects His sovereign control over history and His purposeful design for His people to influence the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_reflect_god's_light.htm">Call to Reflect God's Light</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be a light in our communities, much like Jerusalem was meant to be, reflecting God's truth and love to those around us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_ezekiel_5_5-6.htm">Given Ezekiel 5:5–6, is there archeological or historical evidence to confirm the severe judgment described against Jerusalem? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_prophecy_prove_the_bible's_truth.htm">Is biblical prophecy evidence of the Bible's reliability?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_7_3_imply_collective_punishment.htm">Ezekiel 7:3 speaks of God punishing “according to your ways”—why does this seem to punish everyone collectively, conflicting with other scriptures emphasizing individual accountability? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezra_9_7's_timeline_compare_historically.htm">In Ezra 9:7, how does the stated timeline of guilt leading to captivity compare with historical accounts of Persian policies regarding exiles?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">I have set </span>it <span class= "bld">in the midst of the nations.--</span>This was eminently true of Jerusalem, and of Israel as represented by Jerusalem, in all the ages of its history. It constituted one of the great opportunities of Israel had they been faithful to their calling, while it became a chief source of their disasters when they went astray from God. On the south were Egypt and Ethiopia; on the north, at first the great nation of the Hittites, and later the Syrians, and also Assyrians (who must reach Palestine from the north); on the coast were the Philistines, at the southern end, and on the northern the Ph?nicians, the great maritime nation having intercourse with all "the isles of the sea;" while on the deserts of the east and immediate south were the Ishmaelites, the chief inland traders, who kept up an intercourse by land with all these nations. Even with the great but little-known nations of India, commerce was established by Solomon. Thus centrally situated among the chief kingdoms of antiquity, Israel had the opportunity of presenting to the world the spectacle of a people strong and prosperous in the worship, and under the guardianship, of the one true God, and of becoming the great missionary of monotheism in the ancient world. At the same time they were separated from most of these nations by natural barriers, the deserts on the east and south, the sea on the west, the mountains on the north, which were sufficient to isolate them as a nation, and allow of their free development, without interference, as a God-fearing people. But when, by the unfaithfulness of the Israelites to their religion, the one bond of national unity was weakened, they became a ready prey to the nations around them. During the period of the Judges they fell under the power of one and another of the petty tribes on their confines; and later, when the great empire of Solomon was broken up in consequence of their sins, they were easily overcome by the powerful nations on either side. In all their later history the Israelites were a football between Egypt and Chaldaea, alternately spoiled by tribute as friends or devastated as enemies by each of them. So, in the Divine ordering of the world, responsibility must always be proportioned to privilege; and the failure to fulfil the responsibility leads, as in this case, not only to a withdrawal of the privilege, but to corresponding condemnation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is Jerusalem,</span> etc. The strange acted parables cease, and we have the unfigurative interpretation. The words that follow point to the central position of Jerusalem in the geography, and therefore in the history, of the ancient East: Egypt to the south, Assyria and Babylon to the north, and in the nearer distance Moabites and Ammonites, and Edomites, and Phoenicians, and Philistines; to all of these Jerusalem might have been as a city set on a hill, as the light of the Gentiles. That had been her ideal position from the first, as in the visions of <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1</a> and <a href="/isaiah/2-1.htm">Isaiah 2:1</a> it was to be in its ideal future. The words are not without interest, as probably having suggested the thought, prominent in mediaeval geography (Dante, 'Inf.,' 34:115, and the Hereford 'Mappa Mundi'), that Jerusalem was physically the central point of the earth's surface. So Moslems believe Mecca to be the earth's centre, and the Greek word <span class="accented">omphalos</span> was applied to Delphi as implying the same belief <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהֹוִ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘This [is]</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֚את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which I have set</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(śam·tî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the center</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּת֥וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the nations,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with countries</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרָצֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all around her.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Ezekiel 5:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 5:5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This (Ezek. 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