Ezekiel 5:5-7

New American Standard Bible

⁵ “This is what the Lord ^[a]God says: ‘This is ^(A)Jerusalem; I have placed her at the ^(B)center of the nations, with lands around her. ⁶ But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes ^(C)more than the lands which surround her; for they have ^(D)rejected My ordinances and have not walked ^[b]in My statutes.’ ⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have ^(E)more turmoil than the nations that surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor executed My ordinances, nor acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you,’