Ezekiel 22:3 Cross References

Ezekiel 22:3

3: and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned--city of idols, filthy and foul--

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

He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.
He even built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said his name should be honored.
He built these altars for all the forces of heaven in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Manasseh even sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.

In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

For I am the LORD! What I threaten always happens. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel! I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime, says the Sovereign LORD."

But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world,

They have committed both adultery and murder--adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning their children as sacrifices on their altars.

The LORD gave me another message. He said,
"Go and shout in Jerusalem's streets: `This is what the LORD says: I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.
In those days Israel was holy to the LORD, the first of my children. All who harmed my people were considered guilty, and disaster fell upon them. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"

you are guilty of both murder and idolatry. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.

"Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel: The end is here! Wherever you look--east, west, north, or south--your land is finished.
No hope remains, for I will unleash my anger against you. I will call you to account for all your disgusting behavior.
I will turn my eyes away and show no pity, repaying you in full for all your evil. Then you will know that I am the LORD!
"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: With one blow after another I will bring total disaster!
The end has come! It has finally arrived! Your final doom is waiting!

"Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for Jerusalem, the city of murderers! She is a pot filled with corruption. So take the meat out chunk by chunk in whatever order it comes,
for her wickedness is evident to all. She murders boldly, leaving blood on the rocks for all to see. She doesn't even try to cover it!
So I will splash her blood on a rock as an open expression of my anger and vengeance against her.
"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for Jerusalem, the city of murderers! I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.

Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are--adulteresses and murderers. They will sentence them to all the punishment they deserve.

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