The Meaning of Ezekiel 5:7 Explained

Ezekiel 5:7

KJV: 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;

YLT: Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that are around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That are round about you ye have not done.

Darby: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, nor even have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;

ASV: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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; 

What does Ezekiel 5:7 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 5:7 mean?

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD because you have multiplied [disobedience] more than the nations that [are] all around you in My statutes not have walked and My judgments nor kept and according to the judgments of the nations all around you even done -
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־ אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה יַ֤עַן הֲמָנְכֶם֙ מִן־ הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבִיבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙ לֹ֣א הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י לֹ֣א עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם עֲשִׂיתֶֽם ס

כֹּֽה־  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֣ר ׀  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲדֹנָ֣י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהוִ֗ה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
יַ֤עַן  because 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַעַן  
Sense: because, therefore, because that, on account of prep.
הֲמָנְכֶם֙  you  have  multiplied  [disobedience] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: הָמֹון 
Sense: (Qal) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound.
מִן־  more  than 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַגּוֹיִם֙  the  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם  all  around  you 
Parse: Adverb, second person masculine plural
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙  in  My  statutes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם  have  walked 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י  My  judgments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
לֹ֣א  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם  kept 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י  and  according  to  the  judgments 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
הַגּוֹיִ֛ם  of  the  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם  all  around  you 
Parse: Adverb, second person masculine plural
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
עֲשִׂיתֶֽם  even  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation