14 "I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
14 Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an object of reproach among the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.
14 "When I get done with you, you'll be a pile of rubble. Nations who walk by will make coarse jokes.
14 Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
14 "So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 5:14
Commentary on Ezekiel 5:5-17
(Read Ezekiel 5:5-17)
The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Sooner or later God's word will prove itself true.