The Meaning of Ezekiel 22:5 Explained

Ezekiel 22:5

KJV: Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

YLT: The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name -- abounding in trouble.

Darby: Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous and full of tumult.

ASV: Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Those that be] near,  and [those that be] far  from thee, shall mock  thee, [which art] infamous  [and] much  vexed. 

What does Ezekiel 22:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 22

1  A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence
17  God will burn them as dross in his furnace
23  The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 22:5 mean?

[Those] near and [those] far from you will mock you of ill as infamous [and] full of tumult
הַקְּרֹב֛וֹת וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת מִמֵּ֖ךְ יִתְקַלְּסוּ־ בָ֑ךְ טְמֵאַ֣ת הַשֵּׁ֔ם רַבַּ֖ת הַמְּהוּמָֽה

הַקְּרֹב֛וֹת  [Those]  near 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine plural
Root: קָרֹוב  
Sense: near.
וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת  and  [those]  far 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, feminine plural
Root: רָחֹוק  
Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones.
מִמֵּ֖ךְ  from  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
יִתְקַלְּסוּ־  will  mock 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָלַס  
Sense: to mock, scoff.
טְמֵאַ֣ת  of  ill 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
הַשֵּׁ֔ם  as  infamous 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
רַבַּ֖ת  [and]  full 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
הַמְּהוּמָֽה  of  tumult 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְהוּמָה  
Sense: tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, trouble, vexed, vexation.

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