Bible Cross References
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Ezekiel 23:5-9
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Although she was mine, Oholah continued to be a prostitute and was full of lust for her lovers from Assyria.
6
They were soldiers in uniforms of purple, noblemen and high-ranking officers; all of them were handsome young cavalry officers.
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She was the whore for all the Assyrian officers, and her lust led her to defile herself by worshiping Assyrian idols.
8
She continued what she had begun as a prostitute in Egypt, where she lost her virginity. From the time she was a young woman, men slept with her and treated her like a prostitute.
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So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers whom she wanted so much.
Ezekiel 23:12-21
12
She too was full of lust for the Assyrian noblemen and officers---soldiers in bright uniforms---and for the cavalry officers, all of those handsome young men.
13
I saw that she was completely immoral, that the second sister was as bad as the first.
14
"She sank deeper and deeper in her immorality. She was attracted by the images of high Babylonian officials carved into the wall and painted bright red, with sashes around their waists and fancy turbans on their heads.
16
As soon as she saw them, she was filled with lust and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17
The Babylonians came to have sex with her. They used her and defiled her so much that finally she became disgusted with them.
18
She exposed herself publicly and let everyone know she was a whore. I was as disgusted with her as I had been with her sister.
19
She became more of a prostitute than ever, acting the way she did as a young woman, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
20
She was filled with lust for oversexed men who had all the lustfulness of donkeys or stallions."
21
(Oholibah, you wanted to repeat the immorality you were guilty of as a young woman in Egypt, where men played with your breasts and you lost your virginity.)
Judges 10:6
Once again the Israelites sinned against the LORD by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes, as well as the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and stopped worshiping him.
2 Kings 16:7
Ahaz sent men to Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, with this message: "I am your devoted servant. Come and rescue me from the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me."
2 Kings 16:10-18
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When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Emperor Tiglath Pileser, he saw the altar there and sent back to Uriah the priest an exact model of it, down to the smallest details.
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So Uriah built an altar just like it and finished it before Ahaz returned.
12
On his return from Damascus, Ahaz saw that the altar was finished,
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so he burned animal sacrifices and grain offerings on it and poured a wine offering and the blood of a fellowship offering on it.
14
The bronze altar dedicated to the LORD was between the new altar and the Temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar.
15
Then he ordered Uriah: "Use this large altar of mine for the morning burnt offerings and the evening grain offerings, for the burnt offerings and grain offerings of the king and the people, and for the people's wine offerings. Pour on it the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But keep the bronze altar for me to use for divination."
16
Uriah did as the king commanded.
17
King Ahaz took apart the bronze carts used in the Temple and removed the basins that were on them. He also took the bronze tank from the backs of the twelve bronze bulls and placed it on a stone foundation.
18
And in order to please the Assyrian emperor, Ahaz also removed from the Temple the platform for the royal throne and closed up the king's private entrance to the Temple.
2 Kings 21:11
"King Manasseh has done these disgusting things, things far worse than what the Canaanites did; and with his idols he has led the people of Judah into sin.
2 Chronicles 28:23
He offered sacrifices to the gods of the Syrians, who had defeated him. He said, "The Syrian gods helped the kings of Syria, so if I sacrifice to them, they may help me too." This brought disaster on him and on his nation.
Jeremiah 2:18
What do you think you will gain by going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? What do you think you will gain by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?
Jeremiah 2:36
You have cheapened yourself by turning to the gods of other nations. You will be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.
Hosea 10:6
The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed.