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Ezekiel 5:14

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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.
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  1. Ezekiel 22:4Rank 1 from verse 14
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    4Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

  2. Nehemiah 2:17Rank 2 from verse 14
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    17¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  3. Psalms 74:3–10Rank 3 from verse 14
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    3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

    4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

    5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

    6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

    7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

    8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

    9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

    10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  4. Psalms 79:1–4Rank 4 from verse 14
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    1O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

    2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

    3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

    4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  5. 2 Chronicles 7:20–21Rank 5 from verse 14
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    20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

    21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

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Ezekiel 5:14

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

waste

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Sense 1: Desolate, ruined, devastated, or uncultivated. Sense 2: Ruin, desolation, or needless loss. Sense 3: To consume, devour, destroy, ravage, or desolate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

14Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

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15So 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.

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