Ezra 9:11 Cross References
Ezra 9:11
11: Your servants the prophets warned us that the land we would possess was totally defiled by the detestable practices of the people living there. From one end to the other, the land is filled with corruption.
Leviticus 18:24
- "Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the people I am expelling from the Promised Land have defiled themselves.
- As a result, the entire land has become defiled. That is why I am punishing the people who live there, and the land will soon vomit them out.
- You must strictly obey all of my laws and regulations, and you must not do any of these detestable things. This applies both to you who are Israelites by birth and to the foreigners living among you.
- "All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and the land has become defiled.
- Do not give the land a reason to vomit you out for defiling it, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
Ezra 6:21
- The Passover meal was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile and by the others in the land who had turned from their immoral customs to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Ezekiel 36:25
- "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
- And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.
Ezra 9:1
- But then the Jewish leaders came to me and said, "Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
2 Chronicles 33:2
- 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.
Deuteronomy 12:31
- You must not do this to the LORD your God. These nations have committed many detestable acts that the LORD hates, all in the name of their gods. They have even burned their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
2 Corinthians 7:1
- Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete purity because we fear God.
Deuteronomy 18:12
- Anyone who does these things is an object of horror and disgust to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.
2 Kings 21:16
- Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD's sight.