Ezekiel 22:4 immediately follows, stating the guilt from bloodshed and idols, and that the appointed time has come—fulfilling the 'time has come' in verse 3.

Ezekiel 22:27 specifies the princes as wolves shedding blood, directly illustrating the bloodshed mentioned in verse 3 as a core sin of the city.

Ezekiel 7:2-12 proclaims an end and judgment for abominations, reinforcing the 'time has come' theme in verse 3 with a broader declaration of doom.

Ezekiel 24:6-9 uses the same 'bloody city' imagery and amplifies the judgment for bloodshed, showing the city's guilt and God's vengeance.

Ezekiel 7:23 declares the city full of bloody crimes, intensifying the same charge of violence from this verse.

Ezekiel 23:3 uses the image of whoredom to describe Israel's idolatry, providing a vivid parallel to the idol-making mentioned here.

Ezekiel 12:25 assures that God's word will be performed without delay, confirming the certainty of the impending judgment announced in verse 3.

2 Kings 21:2-9 recounts Manasseh's reign of bloodshed and idolatry, providing a historical example of the very sins condemned here.

Psalm 106:38 directly links child sacrifice to both bloodshed and idolatry, matching the two sins condemned here.

Isaiah 1:21 laments Jerusalem's transformation from a righteous city to one full of murderers, echoing the bloodshed denounced here.

Jeremiah 7:6 explicitly warns against shedding innocent blood and going after other gods, the exact sins listed here.

Jeremiah 6:7 describes violence and destruction in Jerusalem, providing a contemporaneous parallel to the bloodshed here.

Zephaniah 3:3 describes corrupt officials as wolves, matching Ezekiel 22:27's portrayal of leaders who shed blood, which underlies the city's guilt in verse 3.

Jeremiah 3:25 is a confession of generational sin, acknowledging the same persistent disobedience that underlies the specific sins of bloodshed and idolatry here.

Nahum 3:1 denounces Nineveh as a 'city of blood' — echoing the bloodshed guilt condemned here in Jerusalem.

Romans 2:5 warns of storing up wrath for a day of judgment, paralleling the accumulation of guilt and the arrival of judgment in verse 3.