Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 20:6 records God's oath to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, the promise that they later defiled with idolatry.
Ezekiel 20:41 promises that God will accept Israel's pleasing aroma after restoration — contrasted with the provoking aroma of idol offerings.
Ezekiel 6:13 uses the same 'high hills' and 'leafy trees' imagery to describe Israel's idolatry, directly paralleling Ezekiel 20:28.
Ezekiel 18:6 defines righteousness as not eating on mountains or lifting eyes to idols — the opposite of the offerings here.
Ezekiel 47:14 describes the land inheritance promised to Israel, which in 20:28 they defiled with idolatry on high hills — a contrast between promise and abuse.
Ezekiel 44:12 notes Levites who ministered before idols, a specific participation in the idolatry described on hills and trees.
Nehemiah 9:22-26 recounts the same pattern: God gives the land richly, then they rebel and turn to idols, exactly as in Ezekiel.
Jeremiah 3:6 mentions Israel's idolatry on every high hill and under every green tree, using the same phrasing as Ezekiel 20:28.
Isaiah 57:5-7 condemns idolatry under every green tree and on high hills, matching the specific locations and practices in Ezekiel 20:28.
Genesis 15:18-21 is the original covenant promising the land listed here, which Ezekiel 20:28 references as the land God swore to give.
Psalm 78:55-58 describes God settling Israel in the land and then them rebelling with pagan shrines, a direct parallel to Ezekiel 20:28.
Isaiah 57:7 explicitly mentions sacrificing on a high and lofty mountain, directly paralleling the high-place worship here.
Hosea 4:13 similarly condemns Israel for sacrificing on mountaintops and under leafy trees — identical imagery of high place idolatry.
Exodus 6:8 records God's oath to give the land — the promise Ezekiel 20:28 refers to as the basis for Israel's idolatry.
Jeremiah 17:2 names 'every green tree' and 'high hills' as sites of altars and Asherim, matching the exact locations of idolatry here.
Jeremiah 13:27 depicts adulterous idolatry 'on the hills in the field', directly echoing the high places where offerings were made.
Leviticus 17:5 commands bringing sacrifices to the tabernacle — directly violated by the open-field worship in Ezekiel 20:28.
Jeremiah 2:20 uses the exact phrase 'on every high hill and under every green tree' for Israel's idolatry, reinforcing the same pattern.
Deuteronomy 12:2 commands destroying high hills and green trees used by pagans — Israel instead uses them for worship.
Isaiah 65:7 says they burned incense on mountains and reviled God on hills, strongly echoing the hill worship in this verse.
2 Kings 16:4 describes Ahaz sacrificing on high places and under green trees — a later instance of the same idolatry.
Deuteronomy 12:30 warns against imitating pagan worship — the very sin committed in Ezekiel 20:28.
1 Kings 11:7 gives a specific example of Solomon building high places — illustrating the pattern condemned in Ezekiel 20:28.
1 Kings 14:23 uses identical language of building high places on every high hill and under green tree — same sin.
In 2 Chronicles 21:11, Jehoram builds high places in Judah, matching the same hill-idolatry practice described here.
In 2 Kings 18:4, Hezekiah removes the high places and Asherah poles — a reform that directly contrasts the idolatry on hills and under trees here.
Joshua 23:14 emphasizes that God fulfilled every promise to give the land, highlighting the contrast with Israel's subsequent unfaithfulness.
Psalm 78:58 describes Israel provoking God with high places and idols, mirroring the provocation in Ezekiel 20:28.
Jeremiah 2:7 tells of Israel defiling the fruitful land God gave them, echoing the same pattern of receiving the land then sinning in Ezekiel 20:28.
Psalm 105:8-11 recalls God's covenant with the patriarchs and the land promise, echoing the oath mentioned in Ezekiel 20:28.
Joshua 23:4 describes God allotting the land as an inheritance, the same land gift that Israel later defiled with idolatry.
Genesis 26:4 continues the promise to Isaac about descendants and blessing, paralleling the land grant referenced in Ezekiel 20:28.
Genesis 26:3 repeats the land promise to Isaac, confirming the same oath that underlies the gift of the land in Ezekiel 20:28.