Ezekiel 28:18
By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you.
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- Mal 4:3 : 3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
- Rev 18:8 : 8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
- Amos 1:9-9 : 9 This is what the LORD says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood. 10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”
- Amos 1:14 : 14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
- Amos 2:2 : 2 So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.
- Amos 2:5 : 5 So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
- Judg 9:15 : 15 The thornbush said to the trees,‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
- Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”
- Ezek 5:4 : 4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.
- Ezek 28:2 : 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.
- Ezek 28:13-14 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and emerald, the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; your settings and mounts were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared. 14 I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones.
- Ezek 28:16 : 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God– the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire.
- Mark 8:36 : 36 For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
- 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
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- Ezek 28:14-174 verses86%
14I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones.
15You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.
16In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God– the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire.
17Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you.
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19All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”
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7I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
- Ezek 21:31-322 verses78%
31I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.
32You will become fuel for the fire– your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
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41They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.
- Lev 26:31-322 verses77%
31I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.
32I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.
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11“Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you.
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4you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.
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30I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.
- Ezek 16:38-392 verses76%
38I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.
39I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.
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36This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,
- Ezek 24:12-132 verses76%
12It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!
13You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you.
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14“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
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7All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”
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5By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.
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14(The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you– they will never ever be found again!)
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31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
- Nah 3:5-62 verses75%
5I am against you,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms;
6I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.
- Ezek 22:21-222 verses75%
21I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in it.
22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my anger on you.’”
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4Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.
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15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.
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14I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”
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18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’
- Ezek 16:14-152 verses74%
14Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
15“‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.
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8Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
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43“‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?
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7I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.
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12They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.
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8For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
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13Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior“I am against you!” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
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27But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”
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11You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.
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8You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!
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7Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.
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7They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.
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9I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.
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25At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.
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4You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.”
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58You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the LORD.
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34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.