Ezekiel 22:2

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Ezekiel 22:2

“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

Ezekiel 20:4

“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot that has rust inside it,
and whose rust will not come off!
Empty it piece by piece;
lots should not be cast for its contents.

Ezekiel 24:9

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed!
I Myself will make the pile of kindling large.

Nahum 3:1

Woe to the city of blood,
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit. Consequently, they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

1 Timothy 5:20

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

2 Kings 24:3-4

Indeed, this happened to Judah at the Lord’s command to remove them from His sight. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done,

Jeremiah 2:30

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

Jeremiah 2:34

Moreover, your skirts are stained
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things

Ezekiel 8:9-17

He said to me, “Go in and see the terrible and detestable things they are committing here.”

Ezekiel 16:1-63

The word of the Lord came to me again:

Ezekiel 23:1-49

The word of the Lord came to me again:

Matthew 23:35

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Luke 11:50

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ezekiel 22:2

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

Judge

Ezekiel 20:4

Ezekiel 23:36

Bloody city

Thou shalt

Ezekiel 16:2

Isaiah 58:1

1 Timothy 5:20

Her abominations

Ezekiel 8:9

General references

Jeremiah 6:27

Ezekiel 11:6

Bible References

Judge

“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.

Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

Bloody city

But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

Indeed, this happened to Judah at the Lord’s command to remove them from His sight. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done,

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.

Woe to the city of blood,
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world

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Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Thou shalt

“Son of man, explain Jerusalem’s detestable practices to her.

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

Her abominations

He said to me, “Go in and see the terrible and detestable things they are committing here.”

General references

I have appointed you to be an assayer among My people—
a refiner—
so you may know and assay their way of life.

You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.