Ezekiel 22:13 Cross References

Ezekiel 22:13

13: "But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

I, too, will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

The ones who can live here are those who are honest and fair, who reject making a profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong.

"Son of man, prophesy to them and clap your hands vigorously. Then take the sword and brandish it twice, even three times, to symbolize the great massacre they will face!

Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!

This is what the LORD says: "The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not let them go unpunished any longer! They have perverted justice by selling honest people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.
They trample helpless people in the dust and deny justice to those who are oppressed. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.
At their religious festivals, they lounge around in clothing stolen from their debtors. In the house of their god, they present offerings of wine purchased with stolen money.

Never cheat a Christian brother in this matter by taking his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.
When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!
But this is what the LORD says: "I will reward your evil with evil; you won't be able to escape! After I am through with you, none of you will ever again walk proudly in the streets."

"Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They are continually setting traps for other people.
Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And the result? Now they are great and rich.

"My people have forgotten what it means to do right," says the LORD. "Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!
You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.
And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?
Do you think this Temple, which honors my name, is a den of thieves? I see all the evil going on there, says the LORD.

King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, "I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.

Will there be no end of your getting rich by cheating? The homes of the wicked are filled with treasures gained by dishonestly measuring out grain in short measures.
And how can I tolerate all your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?

A person who makes money by charging interest will lose it. It will end up in the hands of someone who is kind to the poor.

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