Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. They mockingly call thee, 'Thou polluted one in name (margin), and full of confusion' (referring to the tumultous violence prevalent in it.) The Hebrew for "much vexed" is literally 'great of confusion' х rabat (H7227) hamªhuwmaah (H4103)]. Thus, the nations "far and near " mocked her as at once sullied in character, and in actual fact lawless. What a sad contrast to the Jerusalem once designated "the holy city"!