Ezekiel 5:6

But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through the prophet Ezekiel to Jerusalem, pronouncing judgment immediately after establishing the city's privileged central placement among surrounding countries.

The words — וַתֶּ֨מֶר (va.temer) = and it has rebelled against; מִשְׁפָּטַ֤י (mishpatay) = My judgments/ordinances.

The thread — The pattern of rejecting divine statutes and exceeding surrounding nations in moral failure runs through Ezekiel 16:47 and 2 Kings 17:8. Jeremiah 11:10 tracks the same covenant breach but focuses on ancestral sin rather than comparative national guilt.

Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that privileged placement or revelation does not excuse covenant violation, and that deliberate rejection of God's ordinances places a people outside the bounds of divine protection.

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The Hebrew words

וַתֶּ֨מֶרva./Te.merand/ it has rebelled against אֶת־'et-<obj.>מִשְׁפָּטַ֤יmish.pa.Ta/ijudgments/ my לְרִשְׁעָה֙le./rish.'Ahto/ wickedness מִן־min-more than הַגּוֹיִ֔םha./go.Yimthe/ nations וְאֶ֨ת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>חֻקּוֹתַ֔יchu.ko.Ta/istatutes/ my מִן־min-more than הָאֲרָצ֖וֹתha./'a.ra.Tzotthe/ lands אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich סְבִיבוֹתֶ֑יהָse.vi.vo.Tei./ha[are] around/ it כִּ֤יkifor בְמִשְׁפָּטַי֙ve./mish.pa.Ta/i<in>/ judgments/ my מָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suthey have rejected וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖יve./chu.ko.Ta/iand/ statutes/ my לֹא־lo'-not הָלְכ֥וּha.le.Khuthey have walkedבָהֶֽם׃ סva./Hemin/ them

King James Version

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 11:10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Ezekiel 16:47 And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
2 Kings 17:8 and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
Nehemiah 9:16 But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Psalms 78:10 They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Jeremiah 8:5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Ezekiel 16:51 Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.