Verse 7

And I brought{H935}{(H8686)} you into a plentiful{H3759} country{H776}, to eat{H398}{(H8800)} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the goodness{H2898} thereof; but when ye entered{H935}{(H8799)}, ye defiled{H2930}{(H8762)} my land{H776}, and made{H7760}{(H8804)} mine heritage{H5159} an abomination{H8441}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:7-9 : 7 For the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} bringeth{H935}{(H8688)} thee into a good{H2896} land{H776}, a land{H776} of brooks{H5158} of water{H4325}, of fountains{H5869} and depths{H8415} that spring out{H3318}{(H8802)} of valleys{H1237} and hills{H2022}; 8 A land{H776} of wheat{H2406}, and barley{H8184}, and vines{H1612}, and fig trees{H8384}, and pomegranates{H7416}; a land{H776} of oil{H8081} olive{H2132}, and honey{H1706}; 9 A land{H776} wherein{H834} thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)} bread{H3899} without{H3808} scarceness{H4544}, thou shalt not lack{H2637}{(H8799)} any thing in it; a land{H776} whose stones{H68} are iron{H1270}, and out of whose hills{H2042} thou mayest dig{H2672}{(H8799)} brass{H5178}.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 And first{H7223} I will recompense{H7999}{(H8765)} their iniquity{H5771} and their sin{H2403} double{H4932}; because they have defiled{H2490}{(H8763)} my land{H776}, they have filled{H4390}{(H8804)} mine inheritance{H5159} with the carcases{H5038} of their detestable{H8251} and abominable things{H8441}.
  • Ps 106:38-39 : 38 And shed{H8210}{(H8799)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}, even the blood{H1818} of their sons{H1121} and of their daughters{H1323}, whom they sacrificed{H2076}{(H8765)} unto the idols{H6091} of Canaan{H3667}: and the land{H776} was polluted{H2610}{(H8799)} with blood{H1818}. 39 Thus were they defiled{H2930}{(H8799)} with their own works{H4639}, and went a whoring{H2181}{(H8799)} with their own inventions{H4611}.
  • Num 13:27 : 27 And they told{H5608}{(H8762)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, We came{H935}{(H8804)} unto the land{H776} whither thou sentest{H7971}{(H8804)} us, and surely it floweth{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}; and this is the fruit{H6529} of it.
  • Num 14:7-8 : 7 And they spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the company{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The land{H776}, which we passed{H5674}{(H8804)} through to search{H8446}{(H8800)} it, is an exceeding{H3966}{H3966} good{H2896} land{H776}. 8 If the LORD{H3068} delight{H2654}{(H8804)} in us, then he will bring{H935}{(H8689)} us into this land{H776}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it us; a land{H776} which floweth{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}.
  • Num 35:33-34 : 33 So ye shall not pollute{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood{H1818} it defileth{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776}: and the land{H776} cannot be cleansed{H3722}{(H8792)} of the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210}{(H8795)} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210}{(H8802)} it. 34 Defile{H2930}{(H8762)} not therefore the land{H776} which ye shall inhabit{H3427}{(H8802)}, wherein{H8432} I dwell{H7931}{(H8802)}: for I the LORD{H3068} dwell{H7931}{(H8802)} among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Deut 6:10-11 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall have brought{H935}{(H8686)} thee into the land{H776} which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, to Abraham{H85}, to Isaac{H3327}, and to Jacob{H3290}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} thee great{H1419} and goodly{H2896} cities{H5892}, which thou buildedst{H1129}{(H8804)} not, 11 And houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all good{H2898} things, which thou filledst{H4390}{(H8765)} not, and wells{H953} digged{H2672}{(H8803)}, which thou diggedst{H2672}{(H8804)} not, vineyards{H3754} and olive trees{H2132}, which thou plantedst{H5193}{(H8804)} not; when thou shalt have eaten{H398}{(H8804)} and be full{H7646}{(H8804)};
  • Deut 6:18 : 18 And thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8804)} that which is right{H3477} and good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}: that it may be well{H3190}{(H8799)} with thee, and that thou mayest go in{H935}{(H8804)} and possess{H3423}{(H8804)} the good{H2896} land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1},
  • Deut 11:10-12 : 10 For the land{H776}, whither thou goest in{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, is not as the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from whence ye came out{H3318}{(H8804)}, where thou sowedst{H2232}{(H8799)} thy seed{H2233}, and wateredst{H8248}{(H8689)} it with thy foot{H7272}, as a garden{H1588} of herbs{H3419}: 11 But the land{H776}, whither ye go{H5674}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, is a land{H776} of hills{H2022} and valleys{H1237}, and drinketh{H8354}{(H8799)} water{H4325} of the rain{H4306} of heaven{H8064}: 12 A land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} careth for{H1875}{(H8802)}: the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} are always{H8548} upon it, from the beginning{H7225} of the year{H8141} even unto the end{H319} of the year{H8141}.
  • Deut 21:23 : 23 His body{H5038} shall not remain all night{H3885}{(H8799)} upon the tree{H6086}, but thou shalt in any wise{H6912}{(H8800)} bury{H6912}{(H8799)} him that day{H3117};(for he that is hanged{H8518}{(H8803)} is accursed{H7045} of God{H430};) that thy land{H127} be not defiled{H2930}{(H8762)}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}.
  • Neh 9:25 : 25 And they took{H3920}{(H8799)} strong{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892}, and a fat{H8082} land{H127}, and possessed{H3423}{(H8799)} houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all goods{H2898}, wells{H953} digged{H2672}{(H8803)}, vineyards{H3754}, and oliveyards{H2132}, and fruit{H3978} trees{H6086} in abundance{H7230}: so they did eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and were filled{H7646}{(H8799)}, and became fat{H8080}{(H8686)}, and delighted{H5727}{(H8691)} themselves in thy great{H1419} goodness{H2898}.
  • Ps 78:58-59 : 58 For they provoked him to anger{H3707}{H8686)} with their high places{H1116}, and moved him to jealousy{H7065}{H8686)} with their graven images{H6456}. 59 When God{H430} heard{H8085}{H8804)} this, he was wroth{H5674}{H8691)}, and greatly{H3966} abhorred{H3988}{H8799)} Israel{H3478}:
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say{H559}{(H8800)}, If a man{H376} put away{H7971}{(H8762)} his wife{H802}, and she go{H1980}{(H8804)} from him, and become another{H312} man's{H376}, shall he return unto her again{H7725}{(H8799)}? shall not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610}{(H8800)} polluted{H2610}{(H8799)}? but thou hast played the harlot{H2181}{(H8804)} with many{H7227} lovers{H7453}; yet return again{H7725}{(H8800)} to me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 3:9 : 9 And it came to pass through the lightness{H6963} of her whoredom{H2184}, that she defiled{H2610}{(H8799)} the land{H776}, and committed adultery{H5003}{(H8799)} with stones{H68} and with stocks{H6086}.
  • Lev 18:24-28 : 24 Defile{H2930}{(H8691)} not ye yourselves in any of these things{H428}: for in all these the nations{H1471} are defiled{H2930}{(H8738)} which I cast out{H7971}{(H8764)} before{H6440} you: 25 And the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)}: therefore I do visit{H6485}{(H8799)} the iniquity{H5771} thereof upon it, and the land{H776} itself vomiteth out{H6958}{(H8686)} her inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)}. 26 Ye shall therefore keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my statutes{H2708} and my judgments{H4941}, and shall not commit{H6213}{(H8799)} any of these abominations{H8441}; neither any of your own nation{H249}, nor any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you: 27 (For all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done{H6213}{(H8804)}, which were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)};) 28 That the land{H776} spue not you out{H6958}{(H8686)} also, when ye defile{H2930}{(H8763)} it, as it spued out{H6958}{(H8804)} the nations{H1471} that were before{H6440} you.
  • Ezek 20:6 : 6 In the day{H3117} that I lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} mine hand{H3027} unto them, to bring them forth{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} into a land{H776} that I had espied{H8446}{(H8804)} for them, flowing{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}, which is the glory{H6643} of all lands{H776}:
  • Ezek 36:17 : 17 Son{H1121} of man{H120}, when the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in their own land{H127}, they defiled{H2930}{(H8762)} it by their own way{H1870} and by their doings{H5949}: their way{H1870} was before{H6440} me as the uncleanness{H2932} of a removed woman{H5079}.
  • Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)} ye, and depart{H3212}{(H8798)}; for this is not your rest{H4496}: because it is polluted{H2930}{(H8800)}, it shall destroy{H2254}{(H8762)} you, even with a sore{H4834}{(H8737)} destruction{H2256}.