Verse 17

He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 7:23 : 23 (Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 He said to me,“The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say,‘The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see!’
  • Amos 3:10 : 10 “They do not know how to do what is right.”(The LORD is speaking.)“They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.
  • Zeph 1:9 : 9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.
  • Amos 6:3 : 3 You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
  • Ezek 11:6 : 6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’
  • Ezek 16:26 : 26 You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 So God said to Noah,“I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.
  • Jer 6:7 : 7 As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’
  • Jer 7:18-19 : 18 Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me. 19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the LORD.“Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
  • Jer 19:4 : 4 I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.
  • Jer 20:8 : 8 For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out,“Violence and destruction are coming!” This message from the LORD has made me an object of continual insults and derision.
  • Ezek 7:11 : 11 Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left– not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.