Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.
New American Standard Bible
“Thus says the Lord
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Holman Bible
“This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
International Standard Version
"This is what the Lord GOD says, "This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many nations surrounding her.
A Conservative Version
Thus says lord LORD: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
Amplified
“Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: This is Jerusalem: I have put her among the nations, and countries are round her on every side;
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem; I set her in the midst of the nations and lands round about her.
King James 2000
Thus says the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This [is] Jerusalem in the midst of the nations [where] I have put her, and countries [are] around her.
Modern King James verseion
So says the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem. I have set it in the middle of the nations, and all around her are the lands.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, thus said the LORD God, "This same is Jerusalem. I set her in the midst of the Heathen and nations that are round about her:
New Heart English Bible
"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations, I placed her, - and of the countries round about her;
Webster
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall
4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. 5 "This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her. 6 Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries around her. Indeed, they have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.
Cross References
Ezekiel 4:1
"And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it -- Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 4:6
So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."
Jeremiah 6:6
All of this is because the Lord who rules over all has said: 'Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city which is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it.
Ezekiel 16:14
Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord.
Micah 5:7
Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.
Luke 22:19-20
Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
1 Corinthians 10:4
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.