Ezekiel 21:21
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.”Ezekiel 21:21
What Does Ezekiel 21:21 Mean?
Ezekiel 21:21 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 21, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 21:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 31:19“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.”Judges 17:5“And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”Judges 18:20“And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.”Proverbs 16:33“The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.”Genesis 31:30“And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?”Esther 3:7“In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.”Acts 16:16“And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:”Numbers 22:7“And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.”Numbers 23:23“Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!”Numbers 23:28“And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.”Deuteronomy 18:10“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.”Judges 18:5“And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.”Judges 18:14“Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.”Judges 18:18“And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?”Judges 18:24“And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?”1 Samuel 15:23“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”2 Kings 23:24“Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.”Proverbs 16:10“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.”Proverbs 21:1“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”Hosea 3:4“For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:”
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