Bible Cross References
Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Jeremiah 29:3
I gave the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah was sending to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. It said:
Jeremiah 24:2
The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.
Jeremiah 38:2
the LORD had said, "Whoever stays on in the city will die in war or of starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will not be killed; they will at least escape with their life."
Jeremiah 38:3
I was also telling them that the LORD had said, "I am going to give the city to the Babylonian army, and they will capture it."
Jeremiah 38:17-23
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Then I told Zedekiah that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "If you surrender to the king of Babylonia's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.
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But if you do not surrender, then this city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will burn it down, and you will not escape from them."
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But the king answered, "I am afraid of our own people who have deserted to the Babylonians. I may be handed over to them and tortured."
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I said, "You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the LORD's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.
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But the LORD has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.
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In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went: 'The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.' "
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Then I added, "All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians, and you yourself will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia, and this city will be burned to the ground."
Ezekiel 6:1-9
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"Mortal man," he said, "look toward the mountains of Israel and give them my message.
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Tell the mountains of Israel to hear the Sovereign LORD's word---to hear what I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling the mountains, the hills, the gorges, and the valleys: I will send a sword to destroy the places where people worship idols.
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The altars will be torn down and the incense altars broken. All the people there will be killed in front of their idols.
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I will scatter the corpses of the people of Israel; I will scatter their bones all around the altars.
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All the cities of Israel will be destroyed, so that all their altars and their idols will be smashed to pieces, their incense altars will be shattered, and everything they made will disappear.
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People will be killed everywhere, and those who survive will acknowledge that I am the LORD.
8
"I will let some escape the slaughter and be scattered among the nations,
9
where they will live in exile. There they will remember me and know that I have punished them and disgraced them, because their faithless hearts deserted me and they preferred idols to me. And they will be disgusted with themselves because of the evil and degrading things they have done.
Ezekiel 17:12-21
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"Ask these rebels if they know what the parable means. Tell them that the king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem and took the king and his officials back with him to Babylonia.
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He took one of the king's family, made a treaty with him, and made him swear to be loyal. He took important men as hostages
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to keep the nation from rising again and to make sure that the treaty would be kept.
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But the king of Judah rebelled and sent agents to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can he get away with that? He cannot break the treaty and go unpunished!
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"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign LORD, "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.
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Even the powerful army of the king of Egypt will not be able to help him fight when the Babylonians build earthworks and dig trenches in order to kill many people.
18
He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape."
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The Sovereign LORD says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.
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I will spread out a hunter's net and catch him in it. I will take him to Babylonia and punish him there, because he was unfaithful to me.
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His best soldiers will be killed in battle, and the survivors will be scattered in every direction. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken."
Ezekiel 21:9-27
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"Mortal man, prophesy. Tell the people what I, the Lord, am saying: A sword, a sword is sharpened and polished.
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It is sharpened to kill, polished to flash like lightning. There can be no rejoicing, for my people have disregarded every warning and punishment.
11
The sword is being polished, to make it ready for use. It is sharpened and polished, to be put in the hands of a killer.
12
Howl in grief, mortal man; this sword is meant for my people and for all the leaders of Israel. They are going to be killed with all the rest of my people. Beat your breast in despair!
13
I am testing my people, and if they refuse to repent, all these things will happen to them.
14
"Now, mortal man, prophesy. Clap your hands, and the sword will strike again and again. It is a sword that kills, a sword that terrifies and slaughters.
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It makes my people lose courage and stumble. I am threatening their city with a sword that flashes like lightning and is ready to kill.
16
Cut to the right and the left, you sharp sword! Cut wherever you turn.
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I also will clap my hands, and my anger will be over. I, the LORD, have spoken."
19
"Mortal man," he said, "mark out two roads by which the king of Babylonia can come with his sword. Both of them are to start in the same country. Put up a signpost where the roads fork.
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One will show the king the way to the Ammonite city of Rabbah, and the other the way to Judah, to the fortified city, Jerusalem.
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The king of Babylonia stands by the signpost at the fork of the road. To discover which way to go, he shakes the arrows; he consults his idols; he examines the liver of a sacrificed animal.
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Now! His right hand holds the arrow marked 'Jerusalem'! It tells him to go and set up battering rams, to shout the battle cry, to place battering rams against the gates, to throw up earthworks, and to dig trenches.
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The people of Jerusalem won't believe this because of the treaties they have made. But this prediction is to remind them of their sins and to warn them that they will be captured.
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This then is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: Your sins are exposed. Everyone knows how guilty you are. You show your sins in your every action. You stand condemned, and I will hand you over to your enemies.
25
"You wicked, unholy ruler of Israel, your day, the day of your final punishment, is coming.
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I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. Take off your crown and your turban. Nothing will be the same again. Raise the poor to power! Bring down those who are ruling!
27
Ruin, ruin! Yes, I will make the city a ruin. But this will not happen until the one comes whom I have chosen to punish the city. To him I will give it.
Ezekiel 22:31
So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 24:1-14
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On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me.
2
"Mortal man," he said, "write down today's date, because this is the day that the king of Babylonia is beginning the siege of Jerusalem.
3
Tell my rebellious people this parable that I, the Sovereign LORD, have for them: Set the pot on the fire and fill it up with water.
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Put in the best pieces of meat--- the shoulders and the legs--- fill it with choice bony pieces too.
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Use the meat of the finest sheep; pile the wood under the pot. Let the water boil; boil the bones and the meat."
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This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "The city of murderers is doomed! It is like a corroded pot that is never cleaned. Piece after piece of meat is taken out, and not one is left.
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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.
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I have left the blood there, where it cannot be hidden, where it demands angry revenge."
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This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "The city of murderers is doomed! I myself will pile up the firewood.
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Bring more wood! Fan the flames! Cook the meat! Boil away the broth! Burn up the bones!
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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,
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although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames.
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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.
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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.