Verse 38
They shed innocent blood– the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.
Referenced Verses
- Num 35:33 : 33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
- Deut 21:9 : 9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.
- 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.
- Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
- Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.
- Isa 26:21 : 21 For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
- Jer 2:34 : 34 Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,
- Ezek 7:23 : 23 (Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)
- Ezek 22:3 : 3 Then say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city, who spills blood within herself(which brings on her doom), and who makes herself idols(which results in impurity),