Ezekiel 24:8

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Summary

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

It might

I have set

General references

Ezekiel 11:6

Bible References

It might

‘Thus My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be

appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their

idols.

So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’

Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched.”’

but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me.

Then the Lord said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go!

I have set

therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

“Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say,

“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?’

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and

by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

for her sins have

piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

General references

You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.”