Ezekiel 22:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations”
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““As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 22:2 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 24:3Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
- Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
- Ezekiel 8:9Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- Ezekiel 16:1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 16:2“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations
- Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
- Ezekiel 23:1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- Ezekiel 24:9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
- Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- Matthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 11:50As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- 1 Timothy 5:20But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
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