Jerusalem Struck Down

Ezekiel 33

21 In the z twelfth year a of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, b a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, c "The city has been struck down." 22 d Now e the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

23 The word of the Lord came to me: 24 f "Son of man, the inhabitants of these g waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, h 'Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but i we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.' 25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: j You eat flesh with the blood and k lift up your eyes to your idols and l shed blood; shall you then possess the land? 26 m You rely on the sword, n you commit abominations, and n each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land? 27 Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: o As I live, surely those who are in p the waste places shall fall by q the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to q the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in r strongholds and in caves shall die by q pestilence. 28 s And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and t her proud might shall come to an end, and u the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through. 29 v Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.

30 "As for you, f son of man, w your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.' 31 x And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for y with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32 And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and z plays 1 well on an instrument, for a they hear what you say, but they will not do it. 33 b When this comes - and come it will! - c then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:1
    In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.
    Ezekiel 1:2
    On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin).
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:26
    On that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:1
    In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.
    Ezekiel 26:2
    "Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,'
    2 Kings 25:2 - 11
    So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:26 - 27
    On that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:3
    The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:4
    Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God : Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:2
    Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
    Acts 7:5
    Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 3:9
    And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
    Luke 3:8
    Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 9:4
    But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
    Leviticus 3:17
    It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:6
    If he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:3
    You shall say, Thus says the Lord God : A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 27:40
    By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:11
    One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:11
    One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:48
    As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:4
    Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God : Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:21
    For thus says the Lord God : How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:21
    For thus says the Lord God : How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:21
    For thus says the Lord God : How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
  22. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:29
    And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:3
    And say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
    Ezekiel 35:9
    I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Jeremiah 44:2
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them.
    Jeremiah 44:6
    Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.
    Jeremiah 44:22
    The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and the abominations that you committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:24
    I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.
    Ezekiel 30:6
    Thus says the Lord : Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord God.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:24
    "Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.'
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:2
    Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:1
    In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 78:36 - 37
    But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
    Isaiah 29:13
    And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men.
    Jeremiah 12:2
    You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
    1 John 3:18
    Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
  31. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:17
    So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.
  32. Cross References
    Matthew 7:26
    And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
    Luke 6:49
    But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:29
    Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:5
    And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
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