Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

“Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

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.

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:

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 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

I have set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

it in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of the nations
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

and countries
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall

4 Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel. 5 “This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 6 But she has rebelled against My ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.



Cross References

Ezekiel 4:1

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’

Jeremiah 6:6

For this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Cut down the trees;
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression within her.

Ezekiel 16:14

Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor, which I had bestowed on you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.

Luke 22:19-20

And He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “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 drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

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