Ezekiel 8:18 Cross References

Ezekiel 8:18

18: Therefore, I will deal with them in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they scream for mercy, I will not listen."

Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!

From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

Therefore, says the LORD, I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.

"Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD Almighty.

So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done."

"I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

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!
O people of Israel, the day of your destruction is dawning. The time has come; the day of trouble is near. It will ring with shouts of anguish, not shouts of joy.
Soon I will pour out my fury to complete your punishment for all your disgusting behavior.

Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!"

but when the head of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, 'I do not know you.'

Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

When they fast in my presence, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. In return, I will give them only war, famine, and disease."

"As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with idols and vile practices.
A third of your people will die in the city from famine and disease. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds and chase them with my sword.
Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the LORD, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

The LORD is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and wrath. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and furiously destroys his enemies!

It is the filth and corruption of your lewdness and idolatry. And now, because I tried to cleanse you but you refused, you will remain filthy until my fury against you has been satisfied.

"Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.

But there is a problem--your sins have cut you off from God. Because of your sin, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.

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