“Thus says the Lord God: (A)This is Jerusalem. I have set her (B)in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness (C)more than the nations, and against my statutes more than (D)the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you are (E)more turbulent than the nations that are all around you, (F)and have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, (G)and have not[a] even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, (H)am against you. (I)And I will execute judgments[b] in your midst (J)in the sight of the nations. And because of all your abominations I will do with you (K)what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.

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  1. Ezekiel 5:7 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac lack not
  2. Ezekiel 5:8 The same Hebrew expression can mean obey rules, or execute judgments, depending on the context

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.(A) Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.(B)

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even[a] conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(C)

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.(D) Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.(E)

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  1. Ezekiel 5:7 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac You have