Bible Cross References
washed away
Isaiah 3:16-26
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The LORD said, "Look how proud the women of Jerusalem are! They walk along with their noses in the air. They are always flirting. They take dainty little steps, and the bracelets on their ankles jingle.
17
But I will punish them---I will shave their heads and leave them bald."
18
A day is coming when the Lord will take away from the women of Jerusalem everything they are so proud of---the ornaments they wear on their ankles, on their heads, on their necks,
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and on their wrists. He will take away their veils
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and their hats; the magic charms they wear on their arms and at their waists;
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the rings they wear on their fingers and in their noses;
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all their fine robes, gowns, cloaks, and purses;
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their revealing garments, their linen handkerchiefs, and the scarves and long veils they wear on their heads.
24
Instead of using perfumes, they will stink; instead of fine belts, they will wear coarse ropes; instead of having beautiful hair, they will be bald; instead of fine clothes, they will be dressed in rags; their beauty will be turned to shame!
25
The men of the city, yes, even the strongest men, will be killed in war.
26
The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.
Lamentations 1:9
Her uncleanness was easily seen, but she showed no concern for her fate. Her downfall was terrible; no one can comfort her. Her enemies have won, and she cries to the LORD for mercy.
Ezekiel 16:6-9
6
"Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.
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I made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young woman. Your breasts were well-formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked.
8
"As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine." This is what the Sovereign LORD says.
9
"Then I took water and washed the blood off you. I rubbed olive oil on your skin.
Ezekiel 22:15
I will scatter your people to every country and nation and will put an end to your evil actions.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.
Ezekiel 36:29
I will save you from everything that defiles you. I will command the grain to be plentiful, so that you will not have any more famines.
Joel 3:21
(SEE 3:20)
Zephaniah 3:1
Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.
Zechariah 3:3
Joshua was standing there, wearing filthy clothes.
Zechariah 3:4
The angel said to his heavenly attendants, "Take away the filthy clothes this man is wearing." Then he said to Joshua, "I have taken away your sin and will give you new clothes to wear."
Zechariah 13:1
"When that time comes," says the LORD Almighty, "a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God."
Malachi 3:2
But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.
Malachi 3:3
He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the LORD's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the LORD the right kind of offerings.
have purged
Isaiah 26:20
Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over.
Isaiah 26:21
The LORD is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.
Ezekiel 24:7-14
7
There was murder in the city, but the blood was not spilled on the ground where the dust could hide it; it was spilled on a bare rock.
8
I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge."
9
This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "The city of murderers is doomed! I myself will pile up the firewood.
10
Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth! Burn up the bones!
11
Now set the empty bronze pot on the coals and let it get red-hot. Then the pot will be ritually pure again after the corrosion is burned off,
12
although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames.
13
Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.
14
I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Matthew 23:37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!
by the spirit
Isaiah 9:5
The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.
Ezekiel 22:18-22
18
"Mortal man, the Israelites are of no use to me. They are like waste metal---copper, tin, iron, and lead---left over after silver has been refined in a furnace.
19
So now I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling them that they are just as useless as that. I will bring them all together in Jerusalem
20
in the same way that the ore of silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin is put in a refining furnace. My anger and rage will melt them the way fire melts ore.
21
Yes, I will gather them in Jerusalem, build a fire under them, and melt them with my anger.
22
They will be melted in Jerusalem the way silver is melted in a furnace, and then they will know that they are feeling the anger of the LORD."
Malachi 3:2
But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.
Malachi 3:3
He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the LORD's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the LORD the right kind of offerings.
Malachi 4:1
The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.
Matthew 3:12
He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."
John 16:8-11
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And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.
9
They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;
10
they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;
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and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.