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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 22:5

Countries nearby and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil.
Hebrew Names Version
Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
King James Version
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
English Standard Version
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.
New American Standard Bible
"Those who are near and those who are far from you will make fun of you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.
New Century Version
Those near and those far away laugh at you with your bad name, you city full of confusion.
Amplified Bible
"Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you [infamous one] of ill repute, full of turmoil.
World English Bible
Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Those that be neere, & those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee, which art vile in name and sore in affliction.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.
Legacy Standard Bible
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of unclean name, full of turmoil.
Berean Standard Bible
Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
Contemporary English Version
and people far and near will make fun of your misery.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those close by and those far off will taunt you, you who have such a defiled reputation and such great disorder.
Darby Translation
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous [and] full of tumult.
Easy-to-Read Version
People far and near will make fun of you. You have ruined your name. You are filled with confusion.
George Lamsa Translation
Those that are near and those that are far from you shall mock you and shall say, O you filthy one, infamous and full of iniquity.
Lexham English Bible
The people near and the people far from you will make fun of you, the unclean and the terrified.
Literal Translation
Those who are near and those far from you shall mock against you, O defiled of name, abounding in tumult.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whether they be nye or farre fro the: they shal laugh ye to scorne, thou yt hast gotte the so foule a name, & art full off myschefe.
American Standard Version
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
Bible in Basic English
Those 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.
King James Version (1611)
Those that be neere, and those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee which art infamous, and much vexed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whether they be nye or farre from thee, they shall laugh thee to scorne, thou that hast gotten thee so foule a name, and art full of trouble.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to those near thee, and to those far distant from thee; and they shall mock thee, thou that art notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities.
English Revised Version
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that ben fer fro thee; thou foul citee, noble, greet in perisching, thei schulen haue victorie of thee.
Update Bible Version
Those that are near, and those that are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
Webster's Bible Translation
[Those that are] near, and [those that are] far from thee, shall mock thee, [who art] infamous [and] much troubled.
New English Translation
Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil.
New King James Version
Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult.
New Living Translation
O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people far and near.
New Life Bible
People both near and far will make fun of you, you who are full of shame and trouble.
New Revised Standard
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They who are near and they who are far off from thee shall shew themselves derisive over these, - O thou of impure name, abounding in confusion!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall triumph over thee: thou filthy one, infamous, great in destruction.
Revised Standard Version
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
Young's Literal Translation
The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name -- abounding in trouble.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to me. 2 "Mortal man," he said, "are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done. 3 Tell the city what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: Because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshiping idols, your time is coming. 4 You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you. 5 Countries nearby and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness. 6 All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder. 7 None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans. 8 You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath. 9 Some of your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. Some of them eat sacrifices offered to idols. Some are always satisfying their lusts. 10 Some of them sleep with their father's wife. Some force women to have intercourse with them during their period.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

infamous and much vexed: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 15:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:14 - an Hebrew Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach Ezekiel 23:32 - thou shalt be

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:19
Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death—and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.
Hebrews 12:1
As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee,.... The neighbouring nations, as the Edomites, Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites; and distant ones, as the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians; all that either hear of, or see their misery, shall rejoice at it, and triumph over them:

which art infamous and much vexed; or they shall say, O thou of an infamous name and character; who hast defiled thy name, got a blot upon it, and lost thy credit by thy conduct and behaviour; and now fretting and vexing under the afflictions and calamities that lie upon thee: or whose tumults are many, as the Targum; who hast been full of noise, and factions, and tumults; thou art now come to a righteous end.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e., Countries near and afar oft shall mock thee, saying, “Ah! defiled in name; Ah! full of turbulence!”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 22:5. Those that be near — Both distant as well as neighbouring provinces consider thee the most abandoned of characters; and through thee many have been involved in distress and ruin.


 
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