Ezekiel 8:16 Cross References

Ezekiel 8:16

16: Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance, between the foyer and the bronze altar, about twenty-five men were standing with their backs to the LORD's Temple. They were facing eastward, worshiping the sun!

Deuteronomy 4:19

  1. And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars--all the forces of heaven--don't be seduced by them and worship them. The LORD your God designated these heavenly bodies for all the peoples of the earth.

Deuteronomy 17:3

  1. by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.

Jeremiah 2:27

  1. To an image carved from a piece of wood they say, `You are my father.' To an idol chiseled out of stone they say, `You are my mother.' They turn their backs on me, but in times of trouble they cry out for me to save them!

Ezekiel 43:5

  1. Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple.

Ezekiel 11:1

  1. Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me over to the east gateway of the LORD's Temple, where I saw twenty-five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people.

Job 31:26

  1. Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
  2. and been secretly enticed in my heart to worship them?
  3. If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

Jeremiah 32:33

  1. My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Day after day, year after year, I taught them right from wrong, but they would not listen or obey.

Joel 2:17

  1. The priests, who minister in the LORD's presence, will stand between the people and the altar, weeping. Let them pray, "Spare your people, LORD! They belong to you, so don't let them become an object of mockery. Don't let their name become a proverb of unbelieving foreigners who say, `Where is the God of Israel? He must be helpless!'"

2 Kings 23:11

  1. He removed from the entrance of the LORD's Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court. The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

2 Kings 23:5

  1. He did away with the pagan priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had burned incense at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered incense to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the forces of heaven.

Jeremiah 44:17

  1. We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and sacrifice to her just as much as we like--just as we and our ancestors did before us, and as our kings and princes have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

Ezekiel 40:28

  1. Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it and found that it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

2 Chronicles 29:6

  1. Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned the LORD and his Temple; they turned their backs on him.

Ezekiel 10:3

  1. The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard.

Ezekiel 45:19

  1. The priest will take some of the blood of this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge on the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.

2 Chronicles 7:7

  1. Solomon then dedicated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD's Temple so they could present burnt offerings and the fat from peace offerings there. He did this because the bronze altar he had built could not handle all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrificial fat.

1 Kings 8:29

  1. May you watch over this Temple both day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.

2 Kings 16:14

  1. Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from the front of the LORD's Temple, which had stood between the entrance and the new altar, and placed it on the north side of the new altar.

Ezekiel 23:35

  1. And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, says the Sovereign LORD, you must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution."

Acts 7:42

  1. Then God turned away from them and gave them up to serve the sun, moon, and stars as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written, 'Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?
  2. No, your real interest was in your pagan gods--the shrine of Molech, the star god Rephan, and the images you made to worship them. So I will send you into captivity far away in Babylon.'
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