1.

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

am 3411, bc 593
in the seventh: The seventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and according to Usher, Monday, Aug. 27, 3411. Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 24:1, Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20, Ezekiel 31:1, Ezekiel 32:1, Ezekiel 40:1
that certain: Ezekiel 14:1-3, Ezekiel 33:30-33, 1 Kings 14:2-6, 1 Kings 22:15-28, 2 Kings 3:13, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 58:2, Jeremiah 37:17, Matthew 22:16
and sat: Ezekiel 8:1, Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:6 - inquired 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 6:32 - the elders 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire 2 Chronicles 34:21 - inquire Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Jeremiah 42:1 - came Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation Ezekiel 7:26 - then Ezekiel 8:12 - ancients Ezekiel 33:31 - as the people cometh

2.

Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

3.

Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

Are: Isaiah 1:12, Matthew 3:7, Luke 3:7
As I: Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:4, Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:8, 1 Samuel 28:6, Psalms 50:15-21, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Micah 3:7, Matthew 15:8, Matthew 15:9, John 4:24
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:37 - he answered 2 Samuel 22:42 - unto the Lord 2 Chronicles 18:4 - Inquire Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 36:37 - I will yet Zechariah 7:13 - so John 4:21 - saith

4.

Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

judge them: or, plead for them, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20, Ezekiel 22:2, Ezekiel 23:36, Ezekiel 23:45, Isaiah 5:3, Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 14:11-14, Jeremiah 15:1, 1 Corinthians 6:2
cause: Ezekiel 16:2, Ezekiel 16:3, Matthew 23:29-37, Luke 11:47-51, Luke 13:33-35, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:6 - judged 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day Isaiah 58:1 - spare Jeremiah 6:27 - General Jeremiah 34:14 - but Hosea 2:2 - Plead with Micah 3:8 - to declare

5.

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

In the: Exodus 6:6, Exodus 6:7, Exodus 19:4-6, Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalms 33:12, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 41:9, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 44:1, Isaiah 44:2, Jeremiah 33:24, Mark 13:20
lifted up mine hand: or, sware - and so Ezekiel 20:6, etc. Exodus 6:8, Exodus 6:9. Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 47:14, Genesis 14:22, Deuteronomy 32:40, Revelation 10:5
and made: Ezekiel 35:11, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 4:31, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 11:2-7, Psalms 103:7
I am: Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 20:2, Exodus 20:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 29:46 - I am Leviticus 18:2 - General Judges 6:8 - a prophet Psalms 50:7 - I am Isaiah 1:2 - I have Isaiah 62:8 - sworn Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Ezekiel 16:6 - Live Ezekiel 16:8 - I sware Ezekiel 36:7 - I have lifted Micah 6:4 - I brought

6.

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

lifted: Ezekiel 20:5, Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 20:42
to bring: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 14:1 - Exodus 15:27
into: Deuteronomy 8:7-9, Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:12, Deuteronomy 32:8
flowing: Exodus 13:5, Exodus 33:3, Leviticus 20:24, Numbers 13:27, Numbers 14:8, Deuteronomy 6:3, Deuteronomy 11:9, Deuteronomy 26:9, Deuteronomy 26:15, Deuteronomy 27:3, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:13, Deuteronomy 32:14, Joshua 5:6, Jeremiah 11:5, Jeremiah 32:22
which is: Ezekiel 20:15, Psalms 48:2, Daniel 8:9, Daniel 11:16, Daniel 11:41, Zechariah 7:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Numbers 10:33 - went before Deuteronomy 1:33 - Who went Deuteronomy 3:25 - the good land Deuteronomy 7:19 - great Judges 18:10 - where there Nehemiah 9:25 - a fat land Psalms 47:4 - choose Psalms 106:24 - the pleasant land Isaiah 32:12 - pleasant fields Jeremiah 2:7 - brought Jeremiah 3:19 - pleasant land Jeremiah 11:4 - I commanded Ezekiel 16:8 - I sware Ezekiel 20:28 - the which Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore Ezekiel 47:14 - lifted up mine hand Acts 7:39 - whom

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Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Cast: Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:15, Ezekiel 18:31, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 2:21, Isaiah 31:7
the abominations: Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 14:6, 2 Chronicles 15:8
defile: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Leviticus 17:7, Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy 29:16-18, Joshua 24:14
I am: Ezekiel 20:19, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 20:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Exodus 6:6 - I am the Lord Leviticus 18:2 - General Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away Nehemiah 9:18 - General Psalms 50:7 - I am Jeremiah 4:1 - put away Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 20:18 - defile Ezekiel 23:7 - with all their Ezekiel 23:19 - in calling

8.

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

they rebelled: Deuteronomy 9:7, Nehemiah 9:26, Isaiah 63:10
they did: Ezekiel 20:7, Exodus 32:4-6
then I: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 7:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:3 - the doings Numbers 14:19 - Pardon Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away Joshua 24:14 - in Egypt Psalms 78:8 - as their Psalms 78:38 - many Jeremiah 4:1 - put away Jeremiah 7:24 - they Jeremiah 11:8 - obeyed Jeremiah 22:21 - This Jeremiah 32:23 - but Jeremiah 32:30 - children Jeremiah 34:14 - but Jeremiah 44:17 - our fathers Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 8:9 - that they Ezekiel 16:4 - for Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 20:16 - for their Ezekiel 22:22 - ye shall know Ezekiel 23:3 - in Egypt Daniel 9:9 - though Hosea 9:10 - and their Hosea 11:9 - not execute Amos 5:25 - General Malachi 3:7 - from the

9.

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

I wrought: Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 36:21, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 39:7, Exodus 32:12, Numbers 14:13-25, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 32:26, Deuteronomy 32:27, Joshua 7:9, 1 Samuel 12:22
in whose: Joshua 2:10, Joshua 9:9, Joshua 9:10, 1 Samuel 4:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:4 - I will be Leviticus 26:45 - in the sight Numbers 14:19 - Pardon 2 Samuel 7:23 - make him 1 Kings 8:42 - great name 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will 2 Kings 19:31 - the zeal 1 Chronicles 17:21 - make thee Nehemiah 9:10 - didst Psalms 25:11 - thy Psalms 78:38 - many Psalms 79:9 - for thy Psalms 106:8 - he saved Isaiah 26:12 - in us Isaiah 37:35 - for mine Isaiah 43:25 - for mine Isaiah 48:9 - my name's Isaiah 48:11 - for how Isaiah 52:5 - my name Jeremiah 14:7 - do Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 20:44 - when I Daniel 9:9 - though Daniel 9:19 - thine Hosea 11:9 - not execute Joel 2:17 - wherefore John 17:11 - thine

10.

Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

Exodus 13:17, Exodus 13:18, Exodus 14:17-22, Exodus 15:22, Exodus 20:2
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 17:21 - make thee Hosea 2:14 - and bring Amos 2:10 - I brought Acts 13:18 - about

11.

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

I gave: Deuteronomy 4:8, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Romans 3:2
showed them: Heb. made them to know
which: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 20:15, Deuteronomy 20:16, Luke 10:28, Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Deuteronomy 4:1 - that ye may Deuteronomy 5:31 - General Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Nehemiah 9:6 - thou hast Nehemiah 9:29 - which Ezekiel 18:9 - he shall Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Hosea 8:12 - written Matthew 19:17 - but Mark 12:1 - and set Romans 2:13 - For not Romans 7:10 - General Romans 9:4 - the giving

12.

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

I gave: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 35:2, Leviticus 23:3, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:32, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:4, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Nehemiah 9:14, Mark 2:27, Mark 2:28, Colossians 2:16
to be: Ezekiel 20:20, Exodus 31:13-17
I am: Ezekiel 37:28, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Leviticus 20:8, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:15, Leviticus 21:23, John 17:17-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Jude 1:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:14 - keep Exodus 31:17 - a sign Leviticus 19:3 - keep Numbers 8:17 - I sanctified Numbers 28:9 - General Deuteronomy 5:13 - General Joshua 4:6 - a sign Psalms 74:9 - We see Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth the Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Ezekiel 22:26 - hid their Matthew 19:17 - but Mark 12:1 - and set Luke 13:14 - There Romans 3:2 - because Romans 4:11 - the sign Romans 9:4 - the giving

13.

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

rebelled: Ezekiel 20:8, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 32:8, Numbers 14:22, Deuteronomy 9:12-24, Deuteronomy 31:27, 1 Samuel 8:8, Nehemiah 9:16-18, Psalms 78:40, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 95:8-11, Psalms 106:13-33, Isaiah 63:10
and they: Ezekiel 20:16, Ezekiel 20:24, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, 2 Samuel 12:9, Proverbs 1:25, Proverbs 13:13, Amos 2:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 10:29
which: Ezekiel 20:11
and my: Ezekiel 20:21, Exodus 16:27, Exodus 16:28, Numbers 15:31-36, Isaiah 56:6
I said: Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:21, Exodus 32:10, Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:12, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 16:20, Numbers 16:21, Numbers 16:45, Numbers 26:25, Deuteronomy 9:8, Psalms 106:23
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:14 - keep Leviticus 18:5 - which if a man do Deuteronomy 32:27 - lest their 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day 2 Chronicles 30:7 - like Nehemiah 13:15 - treading wine Psalms 78:32 - they sinned Psalms 78:38 - many Isaiah 24:5 - because Jeremiah 7:24 - they Jeremiah 17:23 - they obeyed Jeremiah 22:21 - This Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Ezekiel 16:4 - for Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Ezekiel 20:36 - General Ezekiel 22:8 - General Ezekiel 22:26 - hid their Ezekiel 23:38 - and have Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Daniel 9:9 - though Hosea 11:9 - not execute Malachi 3:7 - from the Luke 10:28 - this Romans 7:10 - General Romans 10:5 - That the man Galatians 3:12 - The man

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But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 36:23, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:12 - should Leviticus 26:45 - in the sight Numbers 14:13 - Then the Deuteronomy 9:5 - that he may Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Deuteronomy 32:27 - lest their Judges 16:24 - praised 1 Samuel 12:22 - for his great 1 Kings 20:13 - Hast thou 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will Nehemiah 9:19 - in thy Psalms 23:3 - for his Psalms 74:18 - the foolish Psalms 78:38 - many Psalms 79:9 - for thy Psalms 106:8 - he saved Psalms 106:23 - he said Psalms 115:1 - unto us Isaiah 26:12 - in us Isaiah 43:25 - for mine Isaiah 48:9 - my name's Isaiah 52:5 - my name Jeremiah 14:7 - do Jeremiah 31:2 - found Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 20:16 - they Ezekiel 20:44 - when I Ezekiel 36:21 - General Ezekiel 39:7 - and I will Daniel 9:19 - thine Hosea 11:9 - not execute

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Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

I lifted: Ezekiel 20:23, Numbers 14:23-30, Numbers 26:64, Numbers 26:65, Deuteronomy 1:34, Deuteronomy 1:35, Psalms 95:11, Psalms 106:26, Hebrews 3:11, Hebrews 3:18, Hebrews 4:3
flowing: Ezekiel 20:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Numbers 13:27 - General Numbers 32:10 - General Deuteronomy 2:14 - until all the generation Deuteronomy 26:9 - a land Joshua 5:6 - a land Nehemiah 9:15 - sworn Isaiah 32:12 - pleasant fields Jeremiah 32:22 - a land Ezekiel 20:5 - lifted up mine hand Ezekiel 20:28 - the which Ezekiel 20:42 - for the which Ezekiel 36:7 - I have lifted Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore Daniel 8:9 - the pleasant Revelation 10:5 - lifted

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Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

they: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:14
for their: They still had a hankering after the idolatries they had learned in Egypt, to which they added new idols, which they had seen in countries through which they had travelled, as those of the Midianites, Amorites, etc. Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:4, Ezekiel 23:8, Exodus 32:1-8, Numbers 15:39, Numbers 25:2, Amos 5:25, Amos 5:26, Acts 7:39-43
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:28 - General Exodus 31:14 - keep Proverbs 13:13 - despiseth Jeremiah 7:24 - they Jeremiah 17:23 - they obeyed Ezekiel 11:12 - General Ezekiel 20:24 - they had Amos 2:4 - because

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Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

mine: Ezekiel 8:18, Ezekiel 9:10, 1 Samuel 24:10, Nehemiah 9:19, Psalms 78:37, Psalms 78:38
neither: Ezekiel 7:2, Ezekiel 11:13, Jeremiah 4:27, Jeremiah 5:18, Nahum 1:8, Nahum 1:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 45:20 - regard not Ezekiel 20:22 - I withdrew

18.

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

I said: Numbers 14:32, Numbers 14:33, Numbers 32:13-15, Deuteronomy 4:3-6, Psalms 78:6-8
the statutes: Zechariah 1:2-4, Luke 11:47, Luke 11:48, Acts 7:51, 1 Peter 1:18
defile: Ezekiel 20:7, Jeremiah 2:7, Jeremiah 3:9
Reciprocal: Joshua 24:14 - put 1 Kings 15:12 - all the idols 2 Chronicles 33:22 - as did Manasseh Psalms 1:1 - walketh Psalms 78:8 - as their Psalms 106:39 - defiled Jeremiah 11:8 - obeyed Jeremiah 11:10 - iniquities Jeremiah 32:23 - but Ezekiel 2:3 - rebelled Ezekiel 18:14 - that seeth Ezekiel 18:17 - he shall not Ezekiel 18:19 - When Amos 2:4 - after Mark 12:1 - and set Acts 7:53 - and have

19.

I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

the Lord: Exodus 20:2, Exodus 20:3, Deuteronomy 5:6, Deuteronomy 5:7, Deuteronomy 7:4-6, Psalms 81:9, Psalms 81:10, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 3:23
walk: Ezekiel 11:20, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 37:24, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 5:33, Deuteronomy 6:1 - Deuteronomy 8:20, Deuteronomy 10:1 - Deuteronomy 12:32, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Psalms 19:7-11, Psalms 105:45, Titus 2:11-14
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:2 - General Leviticus 18:4 - General 1 Kings 15:12 - all the idols Psalms 50:7 - I am Psalms 89:30 - walk Ezekiel 20:7 - I am

20.

And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 44:24, Exodus 20:11, Exodus 31:13-17, Nehemiah 13:15-22, Isaiah 58:13, Jeremiah 17:22, Jeremiah 17:24, Jeremiah 17:27
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:17 - a sign Leviticus 18:2 - General Deuteronomy 32:27 - lest their Joshua 4:6 - a sign Nehemiah 9:14 - madest Psalms 50:7 - I am Psalms 81:5 - for a Isaiah 56:2 - keepeth the Mark 2:27 - General Romans 4:11 - the sign

21.

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

the children: Numbers 21:5, Numbers 25:1-8, Deuteronomy 9:23, Deuteronomy 9:24, Deuteronomy 31:27, Psalms 106:29-33, Acts 13:18
if a man: Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:13
I would: Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 21:31, 2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:25, Revelation 16:1
accomplish: Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 13:15, Lamentations 4:11, Daniel 11:36
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:14 - keep Leviticus 18:5 - which if a man do Numbers 32:14 - an increase Deuteronomy 4:1 - that ye may 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day Nehemiah 9:26 - they were Psalms 78:38 - many Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled Jeremiah 7:24 - they Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Jeremiah 17:23 - they obeyed Jeremiah 22:21 - This Jeremiah 32:23 - but Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 5:13 - shall mine Ezekiel 11:12 - General Ezekiel 20:36 - General Ezekiel 22:8 - General Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Ezekiel 39:3 - General Hosea 11:9 - not execute Malachi 3:7 - from the Matthew 28:1 - the end Luke 10:28 - this Romans 7:10 - General Romans 10:5 - That the man

22.

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

I withdrew: Ezekiel 20:17, Job 13:21, Psalms 78:38, Lamentations 2:8
wrought: Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 79:9, Psalms 79:10, Psalms 115:1, Isaiah 48:9-11, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 14:21, Daniel 9:17, Daniel 9:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:12 - should Leviticus 26:45 - in the sight 1 Kings 20:13 - Hast thou Nehemiah 9:19 - in thy Psalms 106:8 - he saved Isaiah 26:12 - in us Isaiah 43:25 - for mine Lamentations 3:22 - of Ezekiel 20:44 - when I Ezekiel 36:21 - General John 17:11 - thine

23.

I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

lifted: Ezekiel 20:15, Deuteronomy 32:40, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:6
that I: The predictions of the dispersion of Israel, delivered by Moses just before his death, are evidently here referred to: they received a partial accomplishment at the Babylonian captivity, but are more exactly fulfilling at this day. Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 28:64-68, Deuteronomy 32:26, Deuteronomy 32:27, Psalms 106:27, Jeremiah 15:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Jeremiah 9:16 - scatter Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 20:5 - lifted up mine hand Ezekiel 20:6 - lifted Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore

24.

Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

they had: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:16
their eyes: Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:12, Ezekiel 18:15, Deuteronomy 4:19, Job 31:26, Job 31:27, Amos 2:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:14 - keep Judges 2:21 - General Proverbs 13:13 - despiseth Isaiah 24:5 - because Ezekiel 11:12 - General Ezekiel 18:19 - When Ezekiel 22:8 - General Ezekiel 23:38 - and have Amos 5:25 - General

25.

Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

I gave: The simple meaning of this place is, that when the Israelites had rebelled against God, despised his statutes, and polluted his sabbaths, in effect cast him off, and given themselves up wholly to their idols, then He, in a just judgment for their disobedience, abandoned them, "gave them up to a reprobate mind," - Romans 1:28, and suffered them to walk after the idolatrous, cruel, and impious customs and ordinances of the heathen; by which they were ripened for the destruction which he intended to bring upon them, that they might learn to know God by his judgments, seeing they had despised his mercies. In the same sense God is said judicially to "send a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie," to those who "received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." Ezekiel 20:26, Ezekiel 20:39, Ezekiel 14:9-11, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 4:28, Deuteronomy 28:36, Psalms 81:12, Isaiah 66:4, Romans 1:21-28, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments 2 Samuel 12:11 - I will take 2 Samuel 16:11 - the Lord 2 Samuel 24:1 - moved Acts 7:42 - and gave

26.

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

polluted: Ezekiel 20:31, Isaiah 63:17, Romans 11:7-10
in that: Ezekiel 16:20, Ezekiel 16:21, Leviticus 18:21, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 32:35
all that: Exodus 13:12, Luke 2:23
to the end: Ezekiel 6:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 10:2 - that ye Leviticus 20:2 - giveth 2 Samuel 12:11 - I will take 2 Kings 16:3 - made his son 2 Kings 23:10 - might make Psalms 106:37 - they sacrificed Isaiah 57:5 - slaying Jeremiah 19:5 - to burn Ezekiel 20:25 - I gave Ezekiel 20:39 - Go ye Ezekiel 23:37 - have also

27.

Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

speak: Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:11, Ezekiel 3:27
Yet: Romans 2:24, Revelation 13:5
committed: Heb. trespassed
Reciprocal: Psalms 78:57 - But Isaiah 65:7 - blasphemed

28.

For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

when I: Joshua 23:3, Joshua 23:4, Joshua 23:14, Nehemiah 9:22-26, Psalms 78:55-58
the which: Ezekiel 20:6, Ezekiel 20:15, Genesis 15:18-21, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 26:4, Psalms 105:8-11
they saw: Ezekiel 6:13, Psalms 78:58, Isaiah 57:5-7, Jeremiah 2:7, Jeremiah 3:6
their sweet: Ezekiel 16:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Exodus 10:2 - that ye Exodus 29:40 - a drink Leviticus 1:9 - a sweet Leviticus 17:5 - in the open Deuteronomy 12:2 - possess Deuteronomy 12:30 - that thou 1 Kings 11:7 - build an high 1 Kings 14:23 - built 2 Kings 16:4 - on the hills 2 Kings 18:4 - removed 2 Chronicles 21:11 - Moreover Psalms 78:57 - But Psalms 106:36 - And Isaiah 57:7 - General Isaiah 65:3 - that sacrificeth Isaiah 65:7 - blasphemed Jeremiah 2:20 - when upon Jeremiah 3:2 - unto Jeremiah 3:23 - in vain Jeremiah 7:18 - to pour Jeremiah 13:27 - abominations Jeremiah 17:2 - their altars Jeremiah 22:21 - This Jeremiah 32:30 - children Ezekiel 6:9 - their eyes Ezekiel 16:24 - thou hast Ezekiel 18:6 - not Ezekiel 20:41 - with your Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore Ezekiel 47:14 - lifted up mine hand Hosea 4:13 - sacrifice Malachi 3:7 - from the Revelation 10:5 - lifted

29.

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

I said: etc. or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah. And the. Ezekiel 16:24, Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 16:31
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:2 - possess 1 Kings 11:7 - build an high 1 Kings 14:23 - built 2 Kings 16:4 - on the hills 2 Kings 18:4 - removed Psalms 78:58 - their high Isaiah 57:7 - General Hosea 4:13 - sacrifice

30.

Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

Are ye: Numbers 32:14, Judges 2:19, Jeremiah 7:26, Jeremiah 9:14, Jeremiah 16:12, Matthew 23:32, Acts 7:51
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day Psalms 106:39 - defiled Ezekiel 18:17 - he shall not Ezekiel 18:19 - When Amos 2:4 - after Acts 15:20 - from pollutions Revelation 17:4 - abominations

31.

For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

ye offer: Ezekiel 20:26, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Psalms 106:37-39, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 19:5
and shall: Ezekiel 20:3, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:4, 1 Samuel 28:5, 1 Samuel 28:6, 2 Kings 3:13, 2 Kings 3:14, Job 27:8, Job 27:10, Psalms 66:18, Proverbs 1:27, Proverbs 1:28, Proverbs 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 14:12, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 25:11, Matthew 25:12, James 4:1-3
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:22 - inquire Leviticus 18:21 - pass through Leviticus 20:2 - giveth Deuteronomy 12:31 - even their sons 2 Kings 16:3 - made his son 2 Kings 17:17 - they caused 2 Kings 23:10 - might make Psalms 106:39 - defiled Isaiah 57:5 - slaying Jeremiah 2:34 - Also Ezekiel 11:21 - I will Ezekiel 16:20 - and these Ezekiel 23:37 - have also Ezekiel 36:37 - I will yet Acts 15:20 - from pollutions

32.

And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

that which: Ezekiel 11:5, Ezekiel 38:10, Psalms 139:2, Proverbs 19:21, Lamentations 3:37
We will: 1 Samuel 8:5, Jeremiah 44:17, Jeremiah 44:29, Romans 12:2
to serve: Deuteronomy 4:28, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 29:17, Isaiah 37:19, Daniel 5:4, Revelation 9:20
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:30 - How did Deuteronomy 28:65 - shalt thou Jeremiah 10:2 - Learn Jeremiah 23:23 - General Jeremiah 44:24 - all Judah Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 3:4 - without teraphim Hosea 9:1 - as

33.

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

surely: Ezekiel 8:18, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 44:6, Lamentations 2:4, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:20 - stretch Exodus 6:1 - with a strong Deuteronomy 28:36 - there shalt thou Job 23:6 - plead Isaiah 9:17 - For all Isaiah 31:3 - stretch Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 36:7 - for Jeremiah 44:24 - all Judah Ezekiel 6:14 - will I Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Ezekiel 22:22 - ye shall know

34.

And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 34:16, Isaiah 27:9-13, Amos 9:9, Amos 9:10
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:1 - with a strong Isaiah 31:3 - stretch Isaiah 42:25 - he hath poured Jeremiah 21:5 - with an Jeremiah 31:8 - the coasts Jeremiah 31:10 - He Ezekiel 6:14 - will I

35.

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

I will: Ezekiel 20:36, Ezekiel 19:13, Ezekiel 38:8, Hosea 2:14, Micah 4:10, Micah 7:13-15, Revelation 12:14
and there: Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 38:22, Jeremiah 2:9, Jeremiah 2:35, Jeremiah 25:31, Hosea 4:1, Micah 6:1, Micah 6:2
Reciprocal: Job 23:6 - plead Hosea 2:3 - as

36.

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Exodus 32:7-35, Numbers 11:1-35, Numbers 14:1-45, Numbers 16:1-50, 25:1-18; Psalms 106:15-48, 1 Corinthians 10:5-10
Reciprocal: Numbers 20:5 - this evil Jeremiah 2:9 - I will Jeremiah 25:31 - plead Ezekiel 17:20 - plead Ezekiel 20:35 - I will Hosea 2:3 - as Hosea 2:14 - and bring Amos 3:2 - therefore Micah 6:2 - a controversy

37.

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

pass: Ezekiel 34:17, Leviticus 27:32, Jeremiah 33:13, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33
I will: Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 16:60, Leviticus 26:25, Psalms 89:30-32, Amos 3:2
the bond: or, a delivering
Reciprocal: Judges 2:20 - transgressed Psalms 44:17 - dealt Psalms 50:16 - thou shouldest Jeremiah 11:8 - therefore Jeremiah 31:32 - which Hebrews 8:9 - they continued

38.

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will purge: Ezekiel 11:21, Ezekiel 34:17, Ezekiel 34:20-22, Numbers 14:28-30, Amos 9:9, Amos 9:10, Zechariah 13:8, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:3, Malachi 4:1-3, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:12, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33, Romans 9:27-29
they shall: Ezekiel 13:9, Numbers 14:30, Psalms 95:11, Jeremiah 44:14, 1 Corinthians 10:5, Hebrews 4:6, Jude 1:5
and ye: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 23:49, Psalms 9:16
Reciprocal: Psalms 50:16 - thou shouldest Isaiah 1:25 - purge Isaiah 27:9 - this therefore Isaiah 48:10 - I have refined Jeremiah 11:8 - therefore Ezekiel 20:34 - General Ezekiel 20:42 - ye shall Ezekiel 20:44 - And ye shall Ezekiel 22:15 - consume Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Ezekiel 37:6 - ye shall Malachi 2:4 - that my Hebrews 8:9 - they continued

39.

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

Go ye: Ezekiel 20:25, Ezekiel 20:26, Judges 10:14, 2 Kings 3:13, Psalms 81:12, Hosea 4:17, Amos 4:4, Amos 4:5, Romans 1:24-28, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
but: Ezekiel 23:37-39, Proverbs 21:27, Isaiah 1:13-15, Isaiah 66:3, Jeremiah 7:9-11, Zephaniah 1:4, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:23 - General Leviticus 20:3 - profane Deuteronomy 4:28 - ye shall Deuteronomy 28:36 - there shalt thou Joshua 24:15 - choose 1 Kings 18:27 - Elijah Isaiah 48:11 - for how Isaiah 50:11 - walk Isaiah 57:6 - Should Jeremiah 6:20 - To what Jeremiah 7:10 - come Jeremiah 34:16 - polluted Jeremiah 44:26 - that my name Ezekiel 13:19 - pollute Ezekiel 39:7 - and I will Ezekiel 43:7 - no more Hosea 4:15 - nor Amos 6:10 - for Mark 14:41 - Sleep Acts 7:42 - and gave

40.

For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

in mine: These predictions received a partial accomplishment by the restoration of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; but they seem chiefly to relate to the establishment of the Christian church, and more especially to the future conversion of the Jews, and their restoration to their own land. Ezekiel 17:23, Psalms 2:6, Psalms 68:15, Psalms 68:16, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 66:20, Jeremiah 31:12, Joel 3:17, Joel 3:18, Obadiah 1:16, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2, Hebrews 12:20-22, Revelation 21:10
there shall: Ezekiel 37:22-28, Isaiah 56:7, Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 66:23, Zechariah 8:20-23, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 3:4, Revelation 12:1, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:5
firstfruits: or, chief
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:29 - shalt not delay Leviticus 1:3 - at the Leviticus 17:4 - bringeth Deuteronomy 12:6 - your burnt Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt Deuteronomy 33:11 - accept 2 Samuel 24:23 - The Lord Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee Isaiah 30:19 - dwell Isaiah 57:13 - my holy Ezekiel 17:22 - upon Ezekiel 28:14 - upon Ezekiel 34:26 - my hill Ezekiel 39:25 - the whole Ezekiel 43:27 - I will accept

41.

I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

with your: Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 6:13, Genesis 8:21, Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, Leviticus 1:17, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
sweet savour: Heb. savour of rest
I bring: Ezekiel 11:17, Ezekiel 34:19, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 37:25, Ezekiel 38:8, Isaiah 11:11-16, Isaiah 27:12, Isaiah 27:13, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 32:37, Amos 9:14, Obadiah 1:17-21, Micah 7:12-16
and I will: Ezekiel 28:22, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 39:27-29, Leviticus 10:3, Isaiah 5:16, Luke 2:14, 1 Peter 3:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 20:12 - sanctify Numbers 20:13 - he was Numbers 28:2 - for a sweet savour unto me Deuteronomy 33:11 - accept 2 Samuel 24:23 - The Lord Song of Solomon 7:12 - there will I give thee Jeremiah 31:8 - the coasts Jeremiah 31:16 - they Ezekiel 34:13 - I will bring Ezekiel 36:23 - sanctify Ezekiel 43:27 - I will accept Malachi 3:4 - the offering 2 Corinthians 2:15 - a sweet

42.

And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

ye shall: Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 20:44, Ezekiel 24:24, Ezekiel 26:13, Ezekiel 36:23, Ezekiel 38:23, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 31:34, John 17:3, 1 John 5:20
when I: Ezekiel 11:17-20, Ezekiel 34:13, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 37:21, Ezekiel 37:25
for the which: Ezekiel 20:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:8 - swear Jeremiah 30:3 - and I Jeremiah 31:16 - they Ezekiel 6:7 - and ye Ezekiel 15:7 - and ye shall Ezekiel 20:6 - lifted Ezekiel 23:49 - and ye shall know Ezekiel 47:14 - lifted up mine hand Revelation 10:5 - lifted

43.

And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

shall ye: Ezekiel 6:9, Leviticus 26:39-41, Nehemiah 1:8-10, Hosea 5:15
and ye shall: Ezekiel 16:61-63, Ezekiel 36:31, Job 42:6, Jeremiah 31:18, Zechariah 12:10-14, Luke 18:13, 2 Corinthians 7:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Deuteronomy 9:7 - Remember Job 7:5 - loathsome Psalms 106:39 - defiled Proverbs 13:5 - is Jeremiah 31:19 - I was ashamed Ezekiel 14:22 - ye shall see Ezekiel 37:23 - shall they defile Zechariah 1:6 - according to our ways Ephesians 2:11 - remember Revelation 2:5 - Remember Revelation 3:3 - Remember

44.

And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

And ye shall: Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 24:24
when I: Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 36:21, Ezekiel 36:22, Psalms 79:9, Psalms 115:1, Ephesians 1:6, 1 Timothy 1:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:6 - Understand Psalms 106:8 - he saved Isaiah 48:9 - my name's Isaiah 52:6 - my people Jeremiah 31:19 - I was ashamed Ezekiel 6:7 - and ye Ezekiel 15:7 - and ye shall Ezekiel 20:42 - ye shall Ezekiel 23:49 - and ye shall know John 17:11 - thine

45.

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Moreover: This is the beginning of another prophecy, and properly belongs to the following chapter. Ezekiel 20:45

46.

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

set: Ezekiel 4:7, Ezekiel 6:2
toward: Towards Judea, which lay south of Mesopotamia, where the prophet now dwelt.
and drop: Ezekiel 21:2, Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 29:22, Amos 7:16, Micah 2:6, *marg.
the forest: The city of Jerusalem, as full of inhabitants as the forest is of trees. Jeremiah 13:19, Jeremiah 22:7, Zechariah 11:1, Zechariah 11:2
Reciprocal: Psalms 29:9 - discovereth Isaiah 29:17 - the fruitful Jeremiah 21:14 - in the Jeremiah 46:23 - cut Ezekiel 11:4 - General Ezekiel 13:17 - set thy Ezekiel 25:2 - thy face Ezekiel 29:2 - set Ezekiel 35:2 - set Ezekiel 38:2 - set

47.

And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

I will kindle: I will send war; and it shall destroy all ranks and characters of the people. Ezekiel 15:6, Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 19:14, Ezekiel 22:20, Ezekiel 22:21, Deuteronomy 32:22, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 9:19, Isaiah 30:33, Jeremiah 21:14
green: Ezekiel 17:24, Luke 23:31
the flaming: Isaiah 66:24, Mark 9:43-49
from the south: Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 21:4, Isaiah 24:1-6
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:17 - shall not be Job 15:30 - the flame Psalms 80:16 - burned Psalms 83:14 - As the fire Isaiah 1:31 - and they Isaiah 10:18 - consume Isaiah 27:11 - the boughs Isaiah 29:17 - the fruitful Isaiah 34:10 - shall not Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 7:20 - Behold Jeremiah 11:16 - with Jeremiah 13:19 - cities Jeremiah 17:4 - for Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Jeremiah 30:24 - fierce Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 10:2 - scatter Ezekiel 11:4 - General Ezekiel 16:35 - hear Ezekiel 19:12 - the fire Ezekiel 21:10 - General Ezekiel 21:15 - that their Ezekiel 21:32 - for fuel Ezekiel 23:25 - thy residue Ezekiel 24:5 - the choice Ezekiel 36:1 - hear Hosea 11:6 - consume Amos 5:6 - there Matthew 3:12 - with Hebrews 6:8 - whose

48.

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

Deuteronomy 29:24-28, 2 Chronicles 7:20-22, Isaiah 26:11, Jeremiah 40:2, Jeremiah 40:3, Lamentations 2:16, Lamentations 2:17
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:17 - shall not be 2 Chronicles 34:25 - shall not Job 15:30 - the flame Psalms 80:16 - burned Psalms 83:14 - As the fire Isaiah 1:31 - and they Isaiah 9:18 - shall kindle Isaiah 10:18 - consume Isaiah 34:10 - shall not Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 7:20 - Behold Jeremiah 11:16 - with Jeremiah 17:4 - for Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Jeremiah 30:24 - fierce Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 10:2 - scatter Ezekiel 15:6 - General Ezekiel 19:12 - the fire Ezekiel 21:5 - all Ezekiel 21:32 - for fuel Ezekiel 22:21 - and blow Ezekiel 23:25 - thy residue Amos 5:6 - there Matthew 3:12 - with Luke 23:31 - General Revelation 14:10 - in the

49.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Doth: Is it not his usual custom to deal in enigmas? His figures are not to be understood; we should not trouble ourselves with them. God therefore commands the prophet to declare, in the next chapter, the same things in the plainest terms, so that they should not complain of his parables. Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:14, John 16:25, Acts 17:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:14 - as one Numbers 12:8 - dark speeches Numbers 23:7 - he took Judges 14:12 - a riddle 2 Kings 14:9 - The thistle Psalms 49:4 - parable Ezekiel 4:14 - Ah Ezekiel 12:9 - What Ezekiel 17:2 - General Ezekiel 21:7 - Wherefore Ezekiel 24:3 - utter Ezekiel 24:19 - General Ezekiel 37:18 - Wilt Hosea 12:10 - used Matthew 13:3 - in Mark 12:1 - he began Galatians 4:24 - an allegory