en_tn_lite_do_not_use/ezk/05/05.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues to speak.

# Lord Yahweh

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 2:4](../02/04.md).

# This is Jerusalem

"This carving represents Jerusalem" ([Ezekiel 4:1](../04/01.md))

# in the midst of the nations

Possible meanings are 1) other nations were on all sides of Jerusalem or 2) "more important than all other nations."

# I have placed her

Jerusalem is referred to as "her" and "she." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# other lands

"the neighboring countries" or "the countries around her"

# The people have rejected my judgments

"The people of Israel and Jerusalem have refused to obey my judgments."