The Meaning of Ezekiel 5:14 Explained

Ezekiel 5:14

KJV: Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

YLT: And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that are round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.

Darby: And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

ASV: Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ezekiel 5:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 5

1  Under the type of hair
5  is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion
12  by famine, sword, and dispersion

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 5:14 mean?

Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that [are] all around you in the sight of all who pass by
וְאֶתְּנֵךְ֙ לְחָרְבָּ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־ עוֹבֵֽר

וְאֶתְּנֵךְ֙  Moreover  I  will  make  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, first person common singular, second person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְחָרְבָּ֣ה  a  waste 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָרְבָּה  
Sense: a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation.
וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה  and  a  reproach 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרְפָּה  
Sense: reproach, scorn.
בַּגּוֹיִ֖ם  among  the  nations 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ  all  around  you 
Parse: Adverb, second person feminine singular
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
לְעֵינֵ֖י  in  the  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עוֹבֵֽר  who  pass  by 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.