Ezekiel 22 · Verse 5

Ezekiel 22:5

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel 22:5, King James Version

Ezekiel 22:5 in other translations

BSBThose near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
WEBThose who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
ASVThose that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
YLTThe near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name--abounding in trouble.
DARBYThose that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous and full of tumult.
BBEThose who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.
WebsterThose that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous and much troubled.

What does Ezekiel 22:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. infamous--They mockingly call thee, "Thou polluted one in name (Margin), and full of confusion" [Fairbairn], (referring to the tumultuous violence prevalent in it). Thus the nations "far and near" mocked her as at once sullied in character and in actual fact lawless. What a sad contrast to the Jerusalem once designated "the holy city!"

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Those that be near - Both distant as well as neighboring provinces consider thee the most abandoned of characters; and through thee many have been involved in distress and ruin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16

The sins of Jerusalem. (Ezek 22:1-16) Israel is condemned as dross. (Ezek 22:17-22) As the corruption is general, so shall be the punishment. (Ezek 22:23-31) Verses 1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 22:1-16 →

Ezekiel 22:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַקְּרֹב֛וֹתha.ke.ro.Votthe [nations] nearbyH7138
וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹתve.ha.re.cho.Kotand the [nations] far offH7350
מִמֵּ֖ךְmi.Mekhfrom youH4480
יִתְקַלְּסוּ\־yit.ka.le.su-they will derideH7046
בָ֑ךְVakh<in> you
טְמֵאַ֣תte.me.'AtO unclean ofH2931
הַשֵּׁ֔םha.Shem<the> nameH8034
רַבַּ֖תra.BatO great [one] ofH7227
הַמְּהוּמָֽה\׃ha.me.hu.Mah<the> turmoilH4103

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 22:5

  • Isaiah 22:2

    Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

  • Jeremiah 15:2-3

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
infamous and much vexed. Heb. polluted of name, much invexation.
Jer 15:2,3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 22:4

    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.

  • Ezekiel 22:5

    Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

  • Ezekiel 22:6

    Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

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Ezekiel 22:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Las que están cerca, y las que están lejos de ti, se reirán de ti, amancillada de fama, y de grande turbación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ceux qui sont près et ceux qui sont loin de toi se moqueront de toi, qui es impure de renommée, et pleine de trouble.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Nahen und die von dir Entfernten werden dich verspotten als befleckten Namens und reich an Verwirrung. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quæ juxta sunt, et quæ procul a te, triumphabunt de te, sordida, nobilis, grandis interitu.