Ezekiel 5:6

“And it rebelled against my rules with wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the lands that are around it; for my rules they rejected, and as for my statutes, they did not walk in them.””

Ezekiel 5:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 5:6, word by word

And it rebelledתֶּמֶרtemer

rebel

Rebel, resist what is commanded.

Where else “temer” appears
against my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
with wickednessרִשְׁעָהrisha

wickedness

Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.

Where else “risha” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
and against my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “aratsot” appears
around itסְבִיבוֹתֶיsevivote

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

Where else “sevivote” appears
they rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

Where else “maasu” appears
walkהָלְכוּhalchu

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

Where else “halchu” appears

The context

5Thus says Adonai YHWH: “This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations I have set it, and around it lands.

6 · This verse (above)

7Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Because you have been more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and in my statutes you have not walked, and my rules you have not carried out, and according to the rules of the nations that are around you you have not acted,

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