Ezekiel 12:19

And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 7:23 mentions the land full of violence, the same reason for the stripping in this verse.

Ezekiel 6:14 declares the land will become a desolate waste, directly matching the stripping of everything here.

Ezekiel 6:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:6 describes towns laid waste and altars demolished as judgment, reinforcing the land-stripping prophecy here.

In Ezekiel 4:16, the exact same phrase 'eat bread with anxiety and drink water in dismay' is used as a sign of siege — identical description.

Ezekiel 36:3 recalls the land being ravaged by nations, echoing the desolation described in this judgment.

Jeremiah 32:28 Historical context

Jeremiah 32:28 specifies the Babylonian capture of Jerusalem, the event that causes the land to be stripped.

Zechariah 7:14 depicts the land made desolate and the people scattered, the exact outcome of this judgment.

Micah 7:13 Parallel

Micah 7:13 directly links desolation to the inhabitants' deeds, a clear parallel to the violence causing the land's stripping.

In Genesis 6:11-13, violence fills the earth, prompting God's flood judgment — same cause (violence) and effect (land stripped) as here.

Jeremiah 10:22 speaks of towns of Judah becoming desolate, a haunt of jackals, paralleling the stripped land prophecy.

Jeremiah 9:11 says Jerusalem will become ruins and towns laid waste, matching the desolation here.

Jeremiah 9:10 laments the land desolate with no animals, echoing the stripping of everything in this verse.

Jeremiah 4:27 says the whole land will be ruined, aligning with the desolation prophesied in Ezekiel 12:19.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

Isaiah 6:11 prophesies cities ruined and fields ravaged, similar to the land stripped of everything here.

In Psalm 107:34, a fruitful land becomes salty waste due to inhabitants' evil — directly parallels the land being stripped here because of violence.

Jeremiah 33:12 promises future restoration of the desolate land, contrasting with the judgment here.

In Jeremiah 6:7, Jerusalem's constant violence leads to judgment — echoes the same diagnosis of violence causing the land's desolation here.

Jeremiah 18:16 describes the land becoming a horror and hissing, mirroring the desolation from violence in Ezekiel's prophecy.

Jeremiah 33:10 speaks of the waste land without man or beast, echoing the same judgment.