Ezekiel 5:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 5:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 5:15 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, wh..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 5:15 — KJV
“So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.”
— Ezekiel 5:15 (KJV)
Ezekiel 5:15 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 5:15
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 5:15: astonishment, nations, round
“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 5:15: reproach, astonishment, anger
“O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 5:15: reproach, about, anger
“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;”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 5:15: nations, round, about
“And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. for ye...: or, which have not walked”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 5:15: round, about, execute
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