Ezekiel 5 · Verse 8

Ezekiel 5:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 5:8, King James Version

Ezekiel 5:8 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
WEBtherefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
ASVtherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.
DARBYtherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations;
BBEFor this cause the Lord has said: See, I, even I, am against you; and I will be judging among you before the eyes of the nations.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

What does Ezekiel 5:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. I, even I--awfully emphatic. I, even I, whom thou thinkest to be asleep, but who am ever reigning as the Omnipotent Avenger of sin, will vindicate My righteous government before the nations by judgments on thee.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 5:5-17

The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of…

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Ezekiel 5:8 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.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005
עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikh[am] on youH5921
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אָ֑נִי'A.niIH589
וְעָשִׂ֧יתִיve.'a.Si.tiand I will bring aboutH6213
בְתוֹכֵ֛ךְve.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432
מִשְׁפָּטִ֖יםmish.pa.TimjudgmentsH4941
לְעֵינֵ֥יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869
הַגּוֹיִֽם\׃ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471

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Cross references for Ezekiel 5:8

  • Ezekiel 15:7

    And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

  • Jeremiah 24:9

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • Jeremiah 21:5

    And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • Jeremiah 21:13

    Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

  • Ezekiel 21:3

    And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

  • 1 Kings 9:8-9

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

  • Lamentations 3:3

    Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

  • Ezekiel 29:6-7

    And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23-28

    And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: …

  • Ezekiel 26:2-3

    Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

  • Ezekiel 39:1

    Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

  • Lamentations 2:5

    The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
even I.
15:7; 21:3; 26:3; 28:22; 35:3; 39:1; Le 26:17-46; De 29:20
Jer 21:5,13; La 2:5; 3:3; Zec 14:2,3; Mt 22:7
in the.
25:2-6; 26:2; 29:6,7; 35:10-15; De 29:23-28; 1Ki 9:8,9; Jer 22:8,9
Jer 24:9; 50:7; La 2:15-17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 5:7

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

  • Ezekiel 5:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

  • Ezekiel 5:9

    And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

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Ezekiel 5:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así pues ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí yo contra ti; sí, yo, y haré juicios en medio de ti á los ojos de las naciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
à cause de cela, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Voici, j’en veux à toi, moi aussi, et j’exécuterai au milieu de toi des jugements aux yeux des nations;
German
Elberfelder 1871
darum spricht der Herr, Jehova, also: Siehe, auch ich will wider dich sein, und will Gerichte in deiner Mitte üben vor den Augen der Nationen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ideo hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, et ipse ego faciam in medio tui judicia in oculis gentium: