| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Eze 5:15 | Strong Concordance | So it shall be a reproach [02781] and a taunt [01422], an instruction [04148] and an astonishment [04923] unto the nations [01471] that are round about [05439] thee, when I shall execute [06213] judgments [08201] in thee in anger [0639] and in fury [02534] and in furious [02534] rebukes [08433]. I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it. |
| King James | 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. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| instruction--literally, "a corrective chastisement," that is, a striking example to warn all of the fatal consequences of sin. For "it shall be"; all ancient versions have "thou," which the connection favors. |