Parallel Verses
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.
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 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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem's Fall
4 Then take of them again, and throw them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for a fire shall come forth from them into all the house of Israel. 5 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. 6 And she has changed My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and defiled My Laws more than the countries that are all around her; for they have rejected My judgments and My Laws; they have not walked in them.
Cross References
Ezekiel 4:1
And you, son of man, take a tile to yourself, and lay it before you, and portray on it the city Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 4:6
And you shall keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Jeremiah 6:6
For so has Jehovah of Hosts said, Cut down trees and cast a mound against Jerusalem! She is the city to be visited; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
Ezekiel 16:14
And your name went out among the nations, because of your beauty; for it was perfect in My beauty, which I had put on you, says the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as dew from Jehovah, as showers on a blade of the grass, which does not wait for man, nor delay for the sons of men.
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Luke 22:19-20
And He took bread and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My body which is given for you, this do in remembrance of Me.
1 Corinthians 10:4
and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.