Ezekiel 14:5
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 14:5 reveals the purpose behind the judgment in verse 4: to lay hold of hearts estranged by idols.
Ezekiel 14:10 extends the judgment to false prophets, showing all who are deluded by idols share the same guilt and punishment.
Deuteronomy 32:16 directly names foreign gods and idols that provoked God—exactly the idolatry causing estrangement in Ezekiel.
Hebrews 3:12 warns against an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from God — echoing Israel's estranged hearts due to idols in Ezekiel.
Colossians 1:21 speaks of being alienated and hostile in mind toward God — the same estrangement that caused Israel to turn to idols in Ezekiel.
Ephesians 4:18 describes alienation from God due to hardness of heart — directly mirroring the estrangement through idols in Ezekiel.
In Romans 8:7, the fleshly mind's hostility to God parallels the estranged hearts in Ezekiel — both describe enmity toward God.
In Romans 1:21-23, Paul describes exchanging God for idols and darkened hearts — directly paralleling Israel's estrangement through idols in Ezekiel.
Hosea 10:2 links a deceitful heart with idol altars and divine judgment—parallel to the estranged hearts led by idols in Ezekiel.
In Jeremiah 2:32, God laments Israel forgetting Him like a bride forgets her attire — echoing the estrangement from God through idols in Ezekiel.
Jeremiah 2:11-13 laments exchanging God for worthless idols and forsaking the spring of living water—direct parallel to Ezekiel's idolatry.
Jeremiah 2:5 asks why ancestors strayed after worthless idols—the very same issue of hearts going after idols in Ezekiel.
Isaiah 1:4 accuses Israel of forsaking the LORD and turning their backs—identical to the desertion for idols in Ezekiel.
Deuteronomy 32:15 depicts Israel abandoning God after prosperity—the same desertion for idols seen in Ezekiel's estranged hearts.
Romans 1:28 shows God giving them over to a debased mind as judgment for not acknowledging Him — similar to God's response to Israel's idolatry in Ezekiel.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 shows God sending delusion to those rejecting truth—a NT parallel to the idolatrous delusion and judgment in Ezekiel.
In Zechariah 11:8, the people loathe God and He loathes them — a mutual estrangement that parallels Israel's idolatrous estrangement in Ezekiel.
Zechariah 7:11-14 describes stubborn refusal to listen, leading to God's anger and scattering—parallel to the rebellion and estrangement in Ezekiel.