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Ezekiel 8:17

Ezekiel chapter 8 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Context

v.16And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah’s house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.

v.17This passage

v.18Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 9:9

    Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.

  • Ezekiel 7:11

    Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

  • Micah 2:2

    And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Ezekiel 16:26

    Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger.

  • Zephaniah 1:9

    And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

  • 2 Kings 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.