Ezekiel 36:17
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 36
“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.”Ezekiel 36:17
What Does Ezekiel 36:17 Mean?
Ezekiel 36:17 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 36, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 36:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 36:25“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.”Jeremiah 2:7“And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.”Zechariah 13:1“In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.”Numbers 35:33“So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.”Micah 2:10“Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.”Leviticus 15:19“And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.”Leviticus 18:28“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”Isaiah 24:5“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”Jeremiah 16:18“And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.”Leviticus 18:24“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:”Leviticus 18:25“And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”Psalms 106:37“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,”Isaiah 64:6“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”Jeremiah 3:1“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 3:9“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”1 Kings 9:9“And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.”2 Chronicles 7:22“And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.”Lamentations 1:17“Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.”Ezekiel 33:29“Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.”
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