Ezekiel 36:4 Cross References
Ezekiel 36:4
4: Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by foreign nations everywhere.
Deuteronomy 11:11
- It is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain--
Ezekiel 34:28
- They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer attack them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid.
Psalms 79:4
- We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Ezekiel 36:1
- "Son of man, prophesy to Israel's mountains. Give them this message: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!
Ezekiel 36:6
- "Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am full of fury because you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations.
Isaiah 6:11
- Then I said, "Lord, how long must I do this?" And he replied, "Until their cities are destroyed, with no one left in them. Until their houses are deserted and the whole country is an utter wasteland.
Ezekiel 36:33
- "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will bring people to live in your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.
- The fields that used to lie empty and desolate--a shock to all who passed by--will again be farmed.
- And when I bring you back, people will say, `This godforsaken land is now like Eden's garden! The ruined cities now have strong walls, and they are filled with people!'
Jeremiah 29:10
- "The truth is that you will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
Ezekiel 6:14
- I will crush them and make their cities desolate from the wilderness in the south to Riblah in the north. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Isaiah 24:1
- Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. See how he is scattering the people over the face of the earth.
- Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors--none will be spared.
- The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken!
- The earth dries up, the crops wither, the skies refuse to rain.
- The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted the instructions of God, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.
Ezekiel 6:3
- Give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring war upon you, and I will destroy your pagan shrines.
Isaiah 64:10
- Your holy cities are destroyed; even Jerusalem is a desolate wilderness.
- The holy, beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
2 Chronicles 36:17
- So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah's young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young and old, men and women, healthy and sick. God handed them all over to Nebuchadnezzar.
- The king also took home to Babylon all the utensils, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the LORD's Temple and the royal palace. He also took with him all the royal princes.
- Then his army set fire to the Temple of God, broke down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.
- The few who survived were taken away to Babylon, and they became servants to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate for seventy years, just as the prophet had said.
Jeremiah 25:9
- I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the other nations near you. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
- I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your businesses will fail, and all your homes will stand silent and dark.
- This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- "Then, after the seventy years of captivity are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his people for their sins, says the LORD. I will make the country of the Babylonians an everlasting wasteland.
- I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book--all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations.