Ezekiel 5:7

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD speaks through Ezekiel to Jerusalem and Judah, immediately after detailing their rejection of divine statutes in 5:6 and just before pronouncing visible judgment in 5:8.

The words — לָ/כֵ֞ן (la/Khen) = therefore; מִן (min) = more than; יַ֤עַן (Ya'an) = because. These terms structure the divine indictment, linking causal rebellion to the comparative measure of their insubordination.

The thread — The comparative measure of covenant failure appears in Jeremiah 2:10, 2 Kings 21:9, and 2 Chronicles 33:9.

Why it lands — The text states that Judah's rejection of God's laws exceeds the corruption of surrounding nations, demanding a reader to acknowledge that spiritual decline is measured by deviation from divine instruction, not merely by comparison to external cultures.

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The Hebrew words

לָכֵ֞ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore כֹּֽה־koh-thus אָמַ֣ר׀'a.Marhe says אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahweh יַ֤עַןYa.'anbecause הֲמָנְכֶם֙ha.ma.ne./Khemtumult/ your מִן־min-[is] more than הַגּוֹיִם֙ha./go.Yimthe/ nations אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich סְבִיבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֔םse.vi.vo.tei./Khem[are] around/ you בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙be./chu.ko.Ta/iin/ statutes/ my לֹ֣אlo'not הֲלַכְתֶּ֔םha.lakh.Temyou have walked וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>מִשְׁפָּטַ֖יmish.pa.Ta/ijudgments/ my לֹ֣אlo'not עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם'a.si.Temyou have observed וּֽכְמִשְׁפְּטֵ֧יu./khe./mish.pe.Teiand/ according to/ [the] judgments of הַגּוֹיִ֛םha./go.Yimthe/ nations אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶ֖םse.vi.vo.tei./Khem[are] around/ you לֹ֥אlo'not עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃ ס'a.si.Temyou have done

King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

Cross-references

Jeremiah 2:10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
2 Kings 21:9 But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Ezekiel 5:11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
Ezekiel 16:47 And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
Ezekiel 16:54 So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.