Ezekiel 19 Cross References - ISV

1 A Prophecy against Israel’s Nobles“Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel’s leaders. 2 Tell them: ‘What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males. 3 She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. 4 The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. 5 When she learned that her plans had been frustrated and that her hopes were dashed, she took another of her cubs and turned him into a fierce lion. 6 He prowled around among the lions, became a strong, young lion, and learned to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings. 7 He raped the women, devastating their towns. The land was made desolate, and all the while the land was filled with the sound of his roaring. 8 The surrounding nations attacked. They tossed their net over him, and he was caught in their trap. 9 They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babel. Then they placed him in their dungeon where his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. 10 ‘Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously. 11 Strong were its boughs, suitable for use in the scepter of a ruler. It reached to the clouds, noticeable because of its height and its abundant branches. 12 Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them. 13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land! 14 Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!’
“This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning.”

2 Kings 23:29-30

29 During his reign, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, marched out toward the Euphrates River to meet the king of Assyria. King Josiah went out to engage him in battle, but Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo as soon as he saw him. 30 Josiah’s servants drove his corpse in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in a tomb made for him.
Jehoahaz is Anointed KingThe people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, anointed him, and installed him as king in his father’s place.

2 Kings 23:34

34 Jehoiakim is Made King by Pharaoh NecoPharaoh Neco installed Josiah’s son Eliakim as king to replace his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He transported Jehoahaz off to Egypt, where he died.

2 Kings 24:6

6 Jehoiakim died, as did his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

2 Kings 24:12

12 King Jehoiachin of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon (as did his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers) during the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 25:5-7

5 but the Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook him in the Jericho plains, where his entire army was scattered. 6 The Chaldeans captured the king and brought him to Riblah, where the king of Babylon determined his sentence. 7 They executed Zedekiah’s sons in his presence, blinded Zedekiah, bound him with bronze chains, and transported him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 35:25

25 Jeremiah sang a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers recite that lamentation about Josiah to this day. In fact, they made singing it an ordinance in Israel, and they are recorded in the Lamentations.

2 Chronicles 36:3

3 after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:6

6 As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:10

10 At the beginning of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with valuable articles from the LORD’s Temple, and he installed Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah as king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 9:1

1 The LORD’s Sorrow for His People “Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.

Jeremiah 9:10

10 I’ll weep and mourn for the mountains, and lament for the desert pastures, because they are desolate and no one passes through them. They don’t hear the lowing of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They’re gone!

Jeremiah 9:17-18

17 A Call to LamentThis is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: “Think about what I’m saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come. 18 Let them hurry and lament for us. Let tears run down from our eyes, and let our eyelids flow with water.

Jeremiah 13:17-18

17 If you don’t listen, I’ll cry secretly because of your pride. My eyes will cry bitterly, flowing tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive. 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, “Come take a lowly seat, because your beautiful crowns have fallen off your heads.”

Jeremiah 22:10-12

10 “Don’t cry for the dead or grieve for them. Weep bitterly for the one going away, because he won’t return again nor see the land of his birth.
11 “For this is what the LORD says about Josiah’s son Shallum, king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father Josiah: ‘He went out from this place and won’t return to it again. 12 He will die in the place where they exiled him, and he won’t ever see this land again.’”

Jeremiah 22:18-19

18 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, “They won’t lament for him with these words: ‘How terrible, my brother, How terrible, my sister!’ They won’t lament for him with these words: ‘How terrible, lord, How terrible, your majesty!’ 19 He will receive a donkey’s burial, dragged out and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 22:28

28 “Is this man Jehoiachin a despised and shattered jar, a vessel no one wants? Why were he and his descendants hurled away, thrown into a land that they didn’t know?

Jeremiah 22:30

30 This is what the LORD says: ‘Write this man off as childless, a man who does not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David, or ever ruling in Judah again.’”

Jeremiah 24:1

1 Two Baskets of FigsAfter Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken Jehoiakim’s son Jeconiah, king of Judah, along with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the smiths from Jerusalem into exile, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed right in front of the Temple of the LORD.

Jeremiah 24:8

8 “‘Like the bad figs that are too bad to be eaten—for this is what the LORD says—so I’ll give up on Zedekiah king of Judah, along with his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem that is left in this land, and those living in the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 52:10-11

10 The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also killed all the Judean officials at Riblah. 11 He blinded Zedekiah and bound him in bronze shackles. Then the king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in prison until he died.

Jeremiah 52:25-27

25 From the city he arrested one of the officers who had been in charge of the troops, seven men from the king’s personal advisors who were found in the city, the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and 60 men of the people of the land who were found inside the city. 26 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard arrested them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from the land.

Lamentations 4:20

20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, “Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”

Lamentations 5:12

12 Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.

Ezekiel 2:10

10 being unrolled right in front of me! Written on both sides were lamentations, mourning, and cries of grief.

Ezekiel 19:14

14 Fire had burned through its branches, consuming its shoots and fruits. No strong branches remain in it, and there is no scepter to rule!’
“This is a lamentation, and it is to be used in mourning.”

Ezekiel 26:17

17 They’ll sing this mourning song for you: “How lost you are, you inhabited city, that was built in the middle of the sea! How famous you were! How strong on the sea! She and her inhabitants inflicted terror to everyone who lived within her.”

Ezekiel 27:2

2 “Son of Man, compose a mourning song for Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:32

32 In the depth of their despair they’ll compose a lament for you. This is what they’ll say: ‘Who is like Tyre? Who is so silent in the midst of the sea?’

Ezekiel 32:16

16 “This has been a lamentation. They will chant it, and the citizens of the nations will chant it, too. They’ll chant it about Egypt and about all of its hordes.”

Ezekiel 32:18

18 “Son of Man, mourn about the hordes of Egypt. Bring them down—that is, her and the citizens of those majestic nations—whose destiny is the deep part of the Pit.

Job 4:11

11 Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that’s when the lion cubs are scattered.

Psalms 58:6

6 God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!

Isaiah 5:29

29 With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue.

Isaiah 11:6-9

6 A Transformed Ecology“The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow and the bear will graze, and their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers’ dens. 9 They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

Nahum 2:11-12

11 Nineveh: the Lion’s Den DestroyedWhere is this lion’s den? Where is the place where the young lions fed, where the lion and its mate walked with their young, the place where they feared nothing? 12 This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps, and strangles enough prey for its mate, filling its lairs with prey and its dens with rendered flesh.

Zephaniah 3:1-4

1 The LORD’s Rebuke to Jerusalem Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city! 2 It won’t obey anyone. It won’t accept discipline. It does not trust in the LORD. It does not approach God. 3 Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don’t leave the bones for the morning. 4 Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.

Zechariah 11:3

3 Hear the wailing of the shepherds, for the magnificence of the forest is ruined! Hear the roar of the lions, for the Jordan’s arrogance is ruined!

2 Kings 23:31-32

31 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as all of his ancestors had done.

2 Chronicles 36:1-2

1 Jehoahaz Becomes King
After this, the people of the land installed Josiah’s son Jehoahaz in Jerusalem as king to take his father’s place. 2 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem,

Ezekiel 19:6

6 He prowled around among the lions, became a strong, young lion, and learned to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings.

Ezekiel 22:25

25 There’s a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they’ve devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They’ve added to the population of widows within her.

2 Kings 23:31

31 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king. He reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 Kings 23:33-34

33 Pharaoah Neco placed him in custody at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a tribute of 100 talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 Jehoiakim is Made King by Pharaoh NecoPharaoh Neco installed Josiah’s son Eliakim as king to replace his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He transported Jehoahaz off to Egypt, where he died.

2 Chronicles 36:4

4 King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.

Jeremiah 22:18

18 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, “They won’t lament for him with these words: ‘How terrible, my brother, How terrible, my sister!’ They won’t lament for him with these words: ‘How terrible, lord, How terrible, your majesty!’

2 Kings 23:34-37

34 Jehoiakim is Made King by Pharaoh NecoPharaoh Neco installed Josiah’s son Eliakim as king to replace his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He transported Jehoahaz off to Egypt, where he died. 35 As a result, Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold tribute to Pharaoh, but he passed on the costs to the inhabitants of the land in taxes, in keeping with Pharaoh’s orders. He exacted the silver and gold from the people who lived in the land, from each according to his assessment, in order to pay it to Pharaoh Neco. 36 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Zebidah. She was the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 Eliakim practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his ancestors had done.

Ezekiel 19:3

3 She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler— to eat human beings.

2 Kings 24:1-7

1 Jehoiakim Serves NebuchadnezzarDuring his lifetime, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim, who became his vassal for three years, after which he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The LORD sent raiding parties from the Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in keeping with the message from the LORD that he had spoken through his servants, the prophets. 3 It was truly by the command of the LORD against Judah that it came, in order to remove them from his sight, because of every sin that Manasseh had committed, 4 as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them. 5 Now the rest of Jehoiakim’s actions, and everything that he undertook, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not? 6 Jehoiakim died, as did his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place. 7 The king of Egypt did not leave his territory again, because the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

2 Kings 24:9

9 He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his ancestors had done.

2 Chronicles 36:5

5 Jehoiakim’s Reign; Nebuchadnezzar’s First Capture of JerusalemJehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil.

2 Chronicles 36:9

9 Jechoiachin’s Reign; Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Capture of JerusalemJehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem, all the while doing what the LORD considered to be evil.

Jeremiah 22:13-17

13 An Oracle against Jehoiakim“How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. 14 How terrible for him who says, ‘I’ll build a large house for myself with spacious upper rooms, who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it red.’ 15 Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him. 16 He judged the case of the poor and needy. And then it went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me? 17 But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion.”

Jeremiah 26:1-24

1 Jeremiah is ArrestedIn the beginning of the reign of Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, this message came from the LORD: 2 “This is what the LORD says: ‘Stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s Temple and tell those from all the cities of Judah who are coming to worship at the LORD’s Temple everything that I’ve commanded you to say to them. Don’t leave out a word! 3 Perhaps they’ll listen, and each of them will repent from his evil way. Then I’ll change my mind about the disaster I’m planning to bring on them because of their evil deeds. 4 Say to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘If you don’t listen to me to follow my Law which I’ve set before you, 5 and listen to the words of my servants, the prophets, whom I’ve sent to you over and over—but you wouldn’t listen— 6 then I’ll make this house like Shiloh and make this city into a curse to all the nations of the earth.’”’”
7 Jeremiah Threatened with DeathThe priests, the prophets, and all the people listened as Jeremiah spoke these words at the LORD’s Temple. 8 As soon as Jeremiah finished saying everything that the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, telling him as they did: “You must certainly die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD that this house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be without an inhabitant?” Then all the people gathered around Jeremiah at the LORD’s Temple.
10 When the Judean officials heard all these things, they came up from the king’s house to the LORD’s Temple and sat in the doorway of the New Gate of the LORD’s Temple. 11 The priests and prophets told the officials and all the people, “A death sentence for this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your own ears!”
12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people: “The LORD has sent me to prophesy all the things you heard against this house and against this city. 13 Now, change your habits and your deeds and obey the LORD your God, and the LORD will change his mind about the disaster that he told you about. 14 Look, I’m in your hands, so do with me what you think is good and right. 15 But know for certain that if you kill me, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and its residents because the LORD really did send me to you to say all these things for you to hear.”
16 The Elders Remember Micah’s Similar MessageThe officials and all the people told the priests and the prophets, “No death sentence for this man because he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
17 Some of the elders of the land got up and told all the assembled people, 18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: “Zion will be a plowed field, and Jerusalem a ruin. The Temple Mount will be a wooded hill.”’
19 “Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone in Judah kill him? Didn’t he fear the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor, and so the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he had spoken to them about. We’re bringing great disaster on ourselves. 20 There was also a man named Uriah, Shemaiah’s son from Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied in the LORD’s name. He prophesied about this city and this land in words similar to those of Jeremiah. 21 King Jehoiakim, all his troops, and all the officials heard his words, and the king sought to kill him. Uriah heard about this and was afraid, so he fled and went to Egypt. 22 King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt. He sent Achbor’s son Elnathan, along with a contingent of men into Egypt. 23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who killed him with a sword. Then they threw his body into a common grave.”
24 Yet because Shaphan’s son Ahikam supported Jeremiah, he was not handed over to the people for them to kill.

Jeremiah 36:1-32

1 Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the TempleIn the fourth year of the reign of Josiah’s son King Jehoiakim of Judah, this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I’ve spoken to you about Israel, about Judah, and about all the nations, since I first spoke to you in the time of Josiah until the present time. 3 Perhaps the house of Judah will hear about all the calamity that I’m planning to bring on them, and so each of them will turn from his wicked way and I’ll forgive their iniquities and sins.”
4 Jeremiah summoned Neriah’s son Baruch and at Jeremiah’s dictation, Baruch wrote on the scroll all the words of the LORD that he had spoken to him.
5 Jeremiah instructed Baruch, “I’m confined and can’t go to the LORD’s Temple. 6 You go and read the words of the LORD that you wrote at my dictation from the scroll. Read them to the people at the LORD’s Temple on the fast day. Also read them to all the people of Judah who are coming from their towns. 7 Perhaps their pleas for help will come to the LORD’s attention, and each of them will turn from his evil lifestyle in light of the great anger and wrath that the LORD has declared against this people.” 8 So Neriah’s son Baruch did just as Jeremiah the prophet instructed him, reading the words of the LORD from the scroll at the LORD’s Temple.
9 In the ninth month of the fifth year of the reign of Josiah’s son Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a fast was proclaimed in the LORD’s presence in Jerusalem for all the people of Jerusalem, as well as all the people who were coming from the towns of Judah. 10 Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll to all the people at the LORD’s Temple. He did this from the office of Shaphan’s son Gemariah the scribe, in the upper court at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD’s Temple.
11 Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the PalaceWhen Gemariah’s son Micaiah, the grandson of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, 12 he went down to the palace, to the scribe’s office, where all the officials were sitting. Elishama the scribe, Shemaiah’s son Delaiah, Achbor’s son Elnathan, Shaphan’s son Gemariah, Hananiah’s son Zedekiah, and all the other officials were there. 13 Micaiah told them all the things that he had heard when Baruch read from the scroll to the people. 14 Then all the officials sent Nethaniah’s son Jehudi, (who was also the grandson of Shelemiah and Cushi’s great-grandson), to Baruch, who said, “Take the scroll that you read to the people and come.” Neriah’s son Baruch took the scroll with him and went to them.
15 They told him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in fear, saying to Baruch, “We must report all these things to the king.” 17 Then they asked Baruch, “Please tell us how you wrote all the words. Did Jeremiah dictate them all?”
18 Baruch answered them, “Yes, Jeremiah dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in the scroll with ink.”
19 Then the officials told Baruch, “Go, hide yourself, both you and Jeremiah, and don’t let anyone know where you are.”
20 The King Burns Jeremiah’s ScrollThe officials went to the king in the courtyard, but they deposited the scroll in the office of Elishama the scribe. Then they reported everything written on the scroll to the king. 21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the office of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it to the king and to all the officials who were standing beside the king. 22 The king was sitting in the winter palace in the ninth month and a stove was burning in front of him. 23 As Jehudi would read three or four columns, the king would cut it with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire which was in the stove, until all the scroll was burned in the fire in the stove. 24 The king and all his officials who were listening to these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments. 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 The king ordered his son Jerahmeel, Azriel’s son Seraiah, and Abdeel’s son Shelemiah to get Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD had hidden them.
27 Jeremiah Rewrites the ScrollThis message from the LORD came to Jeremiah after the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation: 28 “Go back, take another scroll and write on it all the original words which were on the scroll that Jehoiakim, king of Judah, burned. 29 Concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, ‘This is what the LORD says: “You burned this scroll, all the while saying, ‘Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon will definitely come, destroy this land, and eliminate both people and animals from it?’” 30 Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah, “He will have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to rot during the heat of the day and the frost of the night. 31 I’ll punish him, his descendants, and his officials for their iniquity. I’ll bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the calamity about which I’ve warned them, but they would not listen.”’”
32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Neriah’s son Baruch the scribe. He wrote on it, at Jeremiah’s dictation, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned in the fire. He also added to them many similar words.

Proverbs 19:12

12 The king’s anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 28:3

3 A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops.

Proverbs 28:15-16

15 A roaring lion and a charging bear— that’s what a wicked tyrant is over poor people. 16 A Commander-in-Chief who is a cruel oppressor lacks understanding, but whoever hates unjust gain will live longer.

Ezekiel 12:19

19 Then tell the people of the land, ‘This is what the LORD says to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to Israel’s land: “They’ll eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in trepidation, because their land will be desolate in its entirety due to all the violence committed by all who live in it.

Ezekiel 30:12

12 I’ll dry up their waterways, and evil men will sell off the land. I’m going to make that land desolate, along with everything that’s in it, and I’m going to use foreigners to do it. I, the LORD have spoken!’”

Amos 6:8

8 The LORD Swears an Oath“The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,” declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, “I utterly detest the arrogance of Jacob; I hate his fortresses; and I will deliver up the city, along with everyone in it.

Micah 1:2

2 “Listen, people! All of you! Earth! Pay attention, and all you inhabitants of it! May the Lord GOD be a witness against you— the Lord from his holy Temple.

2 Kings 24:1-6

1 Jehoiakim Serves NebuchadnezzarDuring his lifetime, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim, who became his vassal for three years, after which he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The LORD sent raiding parties from the Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in keeping with the message from the LORD that he had spoken through his servants, the prophets. 3 It was truly by the command of the LORD against Judah that it came, in order to remove them from his sight, because of every sin that Manasseh had committed, 4 as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them. 5 Now the rest of Jehoiakim’s actions, and everything that he undertook, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not? 6 Jehoiakim died, as did his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

2 Kings 24:11

11 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against the city, along with his servants, who besieged it.

Ezekiel 12:13

13 But I’ll throw my net over him. As a result, he’ll be captured with my net, and with it I’ll bring him to Babel, the land of the Chaldeans. He won’t see it, though he’ll die there.

Ezekiel 17:20

20 I’ll spread my net over him so that he’ll be caught in my snare. I’ll bring him to Babylon and carry out my sentence there because of his treachery toward me.

Ezekiel 19:4

4 The nations heard about him. He had become caught in their trap. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

2 Kings 24:15

15 He sent Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon, along with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 36:30-31

30 Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah, “He will have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to rot during the heat of the day and the frost of the night. 31 I’ll punish him, his descendants, and his officials for their iniquity. I’ll bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the calamity about which I’ve warned them, but they would not listen.”’”

Ezekiel 6:2

2 “Son of Man,” he said, “turn your face to oppose the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

Ezekiel 19:7

7 He raped the women, devastating their towns. The land was made desolate, and all the while the land was filled with the sound of his roaring.

Ezekiel 36:1

1 Prophecy to Israel’s Mountains“Now as for you, Son of Man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains and tell them, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you mountains of Israel:

Numbers 24:6-7

6 They’re spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water. 7 He will pour water from his buckets, and his descendants will stream forth like abundant water. His king will be more exalted than Agag when he exalts his own kingdom.

Deuteronomy 8:7

7 because the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land—a land with rivers and deep springs flowing to the valleys and hills.

Deuteronomy 8:9

9 a land without scarcity. You’ll eat food in it and lack nothing. It’s a land where its rocks are iron and you can dig copper from its mountains.”

Psalms 80:8-11

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it. 9 You cleared the ground so that its roots grew and filled the land. 10 Mountains were covered by its shadows, and the mighty cedars by its branches. 11 Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.

Psalms 89:25-29

25 I will place his hand over the sea, and his right hand over the rivers. 26 He will announce to me ‘You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ 27 “Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. 28 I will show my gracious love toward him forever, since my covenant is securely established with him. 29 I will establish his dynasty forever, and his throne as long as heaven endures.

Isaiah 5:1-4

1 The LORD’s Vineyard I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: “The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones.” 3 “So now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, won’t you please, between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could I do in my vineyard, that I haven’t already done? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield wild ones?

Ezekiel 15:2-8

2 “Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest? 3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? 4 After all, it’s useful only for kindling a fire, isn’t it? And once you’ve burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else? 5 If it was useless before it was burned, now that it’s been burned and charred through, it’s even more useless!
6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “Just as the wood from a grape vine is removed from the forest and used for kindling fires, I’m giving the inhabitants of Jerusalem over 7 to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them 8 and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief,” declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 17:6

6 It flourished and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, and its roots spread under him to become a vine that put out shoots and spread out its branches.

Ezekiel 19:2

2 Tell them: ‘What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.

Hosea 2:2

2 Gomer is Rebuked “Call your mother to account, call her— for she is not my wife, and I’m not her husband. Let her do away with her seductive looks and remove her adultery from between her breasts.

Hosea 2:5

5 Indeed, their mother has committed prostitution— the one who has been conceiving them has acted disgracefully— when she said, ‘I’m going after my lovers, who provide me food and water, as well as my wool, my flax, my oil, and my wine.’

Matthew 21:33-41

33 The Parable about the Tenant Farmers
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad. 34 When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce. 35 But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones. 36 Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’ 39 So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 They told him, “He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time.”

Genesis 49:10

10 The scepter will never depart from Judah, nor a ruler’s staff from between his feet, until the One comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.

Numbers 24:7-9

7 He will pour water from his buckets, and his descendants will stream forth like abundant water. His king will be more exalted than Agag when he exalts his own kingdom. 8 God is bringing them out of Egypt with the strength of an ox. He’ll devour enemy nations, break their bones, and impale them with arrows. 9 He crouches, laying low like a lion. Who would awaken him? Those who bless you are blessed, and those who curse you are cursed.”

Numbers 24:17

17 I can see him, but not right now. I observe him, but from a distance. A star streams forth from Jacob; a scepter arises from Israel. He will crush Moab’s forehead, along with all of Seth’s descendants.

Ezra 4:20

20 Powerful kings have reigned over Jerusalem, including ruling over all lands beyond the Euphrates River. Furthermore, taxes, tribute, and tolls have been paid to them.

Ezra 5:11

11 In answer they responded, “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the Temple that was built many years ago by a great king of Israel.

Psalms 2:8-9

8 Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession. 9 You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery.”

Psalms 80:15

15 The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself,

Psalms 80:17

17 May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

Psalms 110:2

2 When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.

Isaiah 11:1

1 The Reign of the Davidic King “A shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit from his roots.

Ezekiel 19:12

12 Yet in anger it was uprooted and cast down to the earth. An east wind desiccated its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered, and a fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 21:10

10 It’s being sharpened for slaughter, and being polished to gleam like lightning.’ “We shouldn’t be rejoicing, should we, while my Son’s scepter, the sword, is despising every tree?

Ezekiel 21:13

13 because testing is sure to come.
‘In putting the sword to the test along with the scepter, it won’t keep on rejecting, will it?’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 31:3

3 Think about Assyria, that cedar of Lebanon, beautiful with its branches, like a shady forest, with an awesome height, its summit touches the clouds.

Daniel 4:11

11 The tree grew large, became strong, and its top reached the sky. It could be seen to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 4:20-21

20 The tree that you saw, which grew large and strong until its top reached the sky and became visible to the whole earth 21 with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit—enough food for everyone—and under which wild animals of the field found shelter and the birds of the air had nests in its branches—

Deuteronomy 32:22

22 For a fire breaks out in my anger— burning to the deepest part of the afterlife, consuming the earth and its produce and igniting the foundations of the mountains.

2 Kings 23:29

29 During his reign, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, marched out toward the Euphrates River to meet the king of Assyria. King Josiah went out to engage him in battle, but Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.

2 Kings 24:14-16

14 Then Nebuchadnezzar sent away into exile all of Jerusalem—all the captains, all the valiant soldiers, 10,000 captives, and all of the craftsmen and ironworkers. Nobody remained except the poorest people of the land. 15 He sent Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon, along with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 All 7,000 of the most valiant soldiers and 1,000 of the craftsmen and ironworkers—all physically fit and trained for battle—were brought by the king of Babylon into exile in Babylon.

Psalms 52:5

5 But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

Psalms 80:12-13

12 Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits? 13 Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, and creatures of the field feed on it.

Psalms 80:16

16 was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

Psalms 89:40-45

40 You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin. 41 All who pass by on their way plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors. 42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; you have caused all of his enemies to rejoice. 43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle. 44 You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground. 45 You have caused the days of his youth to be cut short; you have covered him with shame. Interlude

Isaiah 5:5-6

5 “Now, let me tell you, won’t you please, what I’m going to do to my vineyard. “I’m going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I’ll break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I’ll make it a wasteland, and it won’t be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I’ll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it.”

Isaiah 27:11

11 When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

11 The Scorching Wind of JudgmentAt that time, it will be told this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it’s not for winnowing or cleansing. 12 A wind too strong for that is coming at my bidding. Now I’m judging them as I speak.”

Jeremiah 22:10-11

10 “Don’t cry for the dead or grieve for them. Weep bitterly for the one going away, because he won’t return again nor see the land of his birth.
11 “For this is what the LORD says about Josiah’s son Shallum, king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father Josiah: ‘He went out from this place and won’t return to it again.

Jeremiah 22:25-27

25 and give you to those who are trying to kill you, whom you fear—that is, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Chaldeans. 26 I’ll hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land where you were not born, and there you will die. 27 As for the land to which you want to return, you won’t return there!

Jeremiah 31:28

28 Just as I’ve watched over them to pull up, tear down, overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I’ll watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 15:4

4 After all, it’s useful only for kindling a fire, isn’t it? And once you’ve burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else?

Ezekiel 17:10

10 Look! Because it’s a transplanted vine, won’t it wither when the east wind hits it? It will surely wither in the terraces where it had started to sprout.”’”

Ezekiel 19:11

11 Strong were its boughs, suitable for use in the scepter of a ruler. It reached to the clouds, noticeable because of its height and its abundant branches.

Ezekiel 20:47-48

47 Prophesy against the forest of the Negev, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says: “Look out! I’m about to ignite a fire and set it against you. It will devour every tree—whether green or dry—that lives in you. This powerful flame will not be extinguishable, and the entire surface from south to north will be scorched by it. 48 Then everyone will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it, because it won’t be extinguished.”’”

Ezekiel 28:17

17 Your heart grew arrogant because of your beauty; you annihilated your own wisdom because of your splendor. Then I threw you to the ground in the presence of kings, giving them a good look at you!

Hosea 13:15

15 Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD’s wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD’s wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury.

Matthew 3:10

10 The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn’t producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

John 15:6

6 Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

47 Servitude and Bondage“Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly, despite the abundance of everything you have, 48 you’ll serve your enemies whom the LORD your God will send against you. You will serve in famine and in drought, in nakedness, and in lack of everything. They’ll set a yoke of iron upon your neck until they have exterminated you.

2 Kings 24:12-16

12 King Jehoiachin of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon (as did his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers) during the eighth year of his reign.
13 Jerusalem’s Citizens are Sent into ExileNebuchadnezzar carried off from there all of the treasures of the LORD’s Temple, along with the treasures in the king’s palace. He cut into pieces all the gold vessels in the LORD’s Temple that King Solomon of Israel had made, just as the LORD had said would happen.

Psalms 63:1

1 A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.
Joyful Trust in God God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.

Psalms 68:6

6 God causes the lonely to dwell in families. He leads prisoners into prosperity, but rebels live on parched land.

Jeremiah 52:27-31

27 The king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from the land.
28 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans; 29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; 30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took 745 people from Judah into exile. All the people taken into exile numbered 4,600.
31 Jehoiachin Released from PrisonIn the first year of his reign, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, showed favor to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah.

Ezekiel 19:10

10 ‘Your mother was like a vine entwining a pomegranate, planted by water, full of fruit, and full of branches because it had been watered generously.

Ezekiel 20:35

35 I’ll bring you into the wilderness of the nations. I’ll judge you right there, face to face.

Hosea 2:3

3 Otherwise, I’ll strip her naked— as she was on the day she was born— make her like a wilderness, turn her into a parched land, and cause her to die of thirst.

Judges 9:15

15 Then the bramble bush replied to the trees, ‘If you really are consecrating me to rule you, come and put your confidence in my shade; but if not, may fire spring out from the bramble bush and burn up the cedars of Lebanon…’

2 Kings 24:20

20 because through the LORD’s anger these things happened to Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them from his presence.
Nebuchadnezzar Captures JerusalemZedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon,

2 Chronicles 36:13

13 Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance in the name of God. Instead, he stiffened his resolve, and hardened his heart, and would not return to the LORD God of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:37

37 But now its abundant produce belongs to the kings whom you placed over us because of our sin. They also have power over our bodies and our herds at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Psalms 79:7

7 For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate.

Psalms 80:15-16

15 The root that your right hand planted, the shoot that you tended for yourself, 16 was burned with fire, cut off, and destroyed on account of your rebuke.

Isaiah 9:18-19

18 “For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke. 19 From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor.

Jeremiah 38:23

23 “They’ll bring all your women and children out to the Chaldeans, and you won’t escape from their hand. Indeed, you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.”

Jeremiah 52:3

3 Because Jerusalem and Judah had angered the Lord, he cast them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon,

Ezekiel 17:18-20

18 He despised the oath he had made and broke the covenant. Look! Because he willingly submitted, yet he has done all these things, he won’t escape.
19 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says, “As long as I live, because he despised my oath and broke my covenant, he’s going to suffer the consequences. 20 I’ll spread my net over him so that he’ll be caught in my snare. I’ll bring him to Babylon and carry out my sentence there because of his treachery toward me.

Ezekiel 19:1

1 A Prophecy against Israel’s Nobles“Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel’s leaders.

Ezekiel 20:47

47 Prophesy against the forest of the Negev, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says: “Look out! I’m about to ignite a fire and set it against you. It will devour every tree—whether green or dry—that lives in you. This powerful flame will not be extinguishable, and the entire surface from south to north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 21:25-27

25 “So now, you dishonored and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come in this time of final punishment, 26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove your turban! Take off your crown! Things aren’t going to remain as they used to be. What is lowly will be exalted, and what is lofty will be brought low. 27 A ruin! A ruin! I’m bringing about ruin!’ But this also will not happen until he who has authority over it arrives, because I’ll give it to him.”

Hosea 3:4

4 Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.

Hosea 10:3

3 From now on they will say, ‘We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD— and what would a king do for us?’

Amos 9:11

11 Israel to be Restored“At that time I will restore David’s fallen tent, restoring its torn places. I will restore its ruins, rebuilding it as it was long ago,

Luke 19:41

41 When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

John 19:15

15 Then they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
Pilate asked them, “Should I crucify your king?”
The high priests responded, “We have no king but Caesar!”

Romans 9:2-4

2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart, 3 for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people, 4 who are Israelis. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises.

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