Bible Cross References
thy filthiness
Ezekiel 24:11
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,
Ezekiel 23:36-48
36
The LORD said to me, "Mortal man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Accuse them of the disgusting things they have done.
37
They have committed adultery and murder---adultery with idols and murder of the children they bore me. They sacrificed my children to their idols.
38
And that is not all they did. They profaned my Temple and broke the Sabbath, which I had established.
39
The very day that they killed my children as sacrifices to idols, they came to my Temple and profaned it!
40
"Again and again they sent messengers to invite men to come from a great distance, and the men came. The two sisters would bathe and put on eye shadow and jewelry.
41
They would sit on a beautiful couch, and in front of them they would have a table covered with good things, including the incense and the olive oil that I had given them.
42
The sound of a carefree crowd could be heard, a group of men brought in from the desert. They put bracelets on the women's arms and beautiful crowns on their heads.
43
And I said to myself that they were using as a prostitute a woman worn out by adultery.
44
They went back to these prostitutes again and again. They went back to Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women.
45
Righteous men will condemn them on the charge of adultery and murder, because they practice adultery and their hands are stained with blood."
46
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Bring a mob to terrorize them and rob them.
47
Let the mob stone them and attack them with swords, kill their children, and burn down their houses.
48
Throughout the land I will put a stop to immorality, as a warning to every woman not to commit adultery as they did.
2 Corinthians 7:1
All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.
because
Ezekiel 22:24
"Mortal man," he said, "tell the Israelites that their land is unholy, and so I am punishing it in my anger.
2 Chronicles 36:14-16
14
In addition, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the nations around them in worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, which the LORD himself had made holy.
15
The LORD, the God of their ancestors, had continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple.
16
But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.
Isaiah 5:4-6
4
Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
5
"Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
6
I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
Isaiah 9:13-17
13
The people of Israel have not repented; even though the LORD Almighty has punished them, they have not returned to him.
14
In a single day the LORD will punish Israel's leaders and its people; he will cut them off, head and tail.
15
The old and honorable men are the head---and the tail is the prophets whose teachings are lies!
16
Those who lead these people have misled them and totally confused them.
17
And so the Lord will not let any of the young men escape, and he will not show pity on any of the widows and orphans, because all the people are godless and wicked and everything they say is evil. Yet even so the LORD's anger will not be ended, but his hand will still be stretched out to punish.
Jeremiah 6:28-30
28
They are all stubborn rebels, hard as bronze and iron. They are all corrupt, going around and spreading gossip.
29
The furnace burns fiercely, but the waste metals do not melt and run off. It is useless to go on refining my people, because those who are evil are not taken away.
30
They will be called worthless dross, because I, the LORD, have rejected them."
Jeremiah 25:3-7
3
"For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah until this very day, the LORD has spoken to me, and I have never failed to tell you what he said. But you have paid no attention.
4
You would not listen or pay attention, even though the LORD has continued to send you his servants the prophets.
5
They told you to turn from your wicked way of life and from the evil things you are doing, so that you could go on living in the land that the LORD gave you and your ancestors as a permanent possession.
6
They told you not to worship and serve other gods and not to make the LORD angry by worshiping the idols you had made. If you had obeyed the LORD, then he would not have punished you.
7
But the LORD himself says that you refused to listen to him. Instead, you made him angry with your idols and have brought his punishment on yourselves.
Jeremiah 31:18
"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.
Hosea 7:1
"Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.
Hosea 7:9-16
9
and do not realize that this reliance on foreigners has robbed them of their strength. Their days are numbered, but they don't even know it.
10
The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. In spite of everything that has happened, they have not returned to me, the LORD their God.
11
Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!
12
But I will spread out a net and catch them like birds as they go by. I will punish them for the evil they have done.
13
"They are doomed! They have left me and rebelled against me. They will be destroyed. I wanted to save them, but their worship of me was false.
14
They have not prayed to me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are!
15
Even though I was the one who brought them up and made them strong, they plotted against me.
16
They keep on turning away from me to a god that is powerless. They are as unreliable as a crooked bow. Because their leaders talk arrogantly, they will die a violent death, and the Egyptians will laugh."
Amos 4:6-12
6
"I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.
7
I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.
8
Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me.
9
"I sent a scorching wind to dry up your crops. The locusts ate up all your gardens and vineyards, your fig trees and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me.
10
"I sent a plague on you like the one I sent on Egypt. I killed your young men in battle and took your horses away. I filled your nostrils with the stink of dead bodies in your camps. Still you did not come back to me.
11
"I destroyed some of you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like a burning stick saved from a fire. Still you did not come back to me," says the LORD.
12
"So then, people of Israel, I am going to punish you. And because I am going to do this, get ready to face my judgment!"
Zephaniah 3:2
It has not listened to the LORD or accepted his discipline. It has not put its trust in the LORD or asked for his help.
Zephaniah 3:7
I thought that then my people would have reverence for me and accept my discipline, that they would never forget the lesson I taught them. But soon they were behaving as badly as ever.
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!
Matthew 23:38
And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty.
Luke 13:7-9
7
So he said to his gardener, 'Look, for three years I have been coming here looking for figs on this fig tree, and I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it go on using up the soil?'
8
But the gardener answered, 'Leave it alone, sir, just one more year; I will dig around it and put in some fertilizer.
9
Then if the tree bears figs next year, so much the better; if not, then you can have it cut down.' "
Revelation 22:11
Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good, and whoever is holy must go on being holy."
till I
Ezekiel 5:13
"You will feel all the force of my anger and rage until I am satisfied. When all this happens, you will be convinced that I, the LORD, have spoken to you because I am outraged at your unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 8:18
They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them."
Ezekiel 16:42
Then my anger will be over, and I will be calm. I will not be angry or jealous any more.
Romans 2:8
Other people are selfish and reject what is right, in order to follow what is wrong; on them God will pour out his anger and fury.
Romans 2:9
There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles.