Ezekiel 23:22
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 23:28 repeats the same judgment: delivering Oholibah into the hands of the lovers she detested, emphasizing the inevitability of the punishment.
Ezekiel 23:17 describes how the Babylonians defiled Oholibah and she turned from them — the background to verse 22's 'turned away in disgust'.
Ezekiel 23:5 introduces Oholah's lovers (Assyrians), who become the enemies God brings in 23:22—same lovers now turned against her.
Ezekiel 23:46 commands bringing a company against Oholibah—direct continuation of the judgment in the same chapter.
Ezekiel 16:37 uses the same 'gather lovers against you' imagery for Jerusalem's harlotry, reinforcing God's judgment on unfaithful covenant partners.
Ezekiel 16:27 describes God handing Jerusalem over to enemies (Philistines) for her lewdness—same unfaithful wife metaphor.
Revelation 17:16 echoes Ezekiel's harlot imagery: the beast and horns turn on the prostitute, mirroring the judgment of Oholibah by her lovers.
Habakkuk 1:6-10 describes God raising up the Babylonians as a ruthless nation — a direct parallel to stirring up lovers against Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 6:23 describes the cruel northern army God brings—parallels the lovers God stirs up against Oholibah.
Jeremiah 6:22 warns of a great nation stirred up from the north against Judah — same theme of God raising foreign power for judgment.
Lamentations 1:2 laments that lovers have become enemies—identical theme of betrayal and judgment.
Jeremiah 30:14 says lovers have forgotten you; God inflicts punishment—direct parallel to the lovers becoming enemies.
Jeremiah 22:20 says all your lovers are destroyed—same judgment on Jerusalem's unfaithful alliances.
Jeremiah 4:30 directly echoes the image of Judah's lovers despising her and seeking her life—identical theme.
Obadiah 1:7 echoes the same theme of betrayal by allies — those you trusted become the ones who turn against you.
Hosea 2:7 uses the same unfaithful wife metaphor; she pursues lovers but cannot find them—parallel theme of frustrated pursuit.
Isaiah 10:6 describes God sending Assyria against a godless nation — similar to stirring up lovers against Jerusalem, but for a different target.
Isaiah 10:5 introduces Assyria as God's rod of anger — a parallel concept of God using a foreign nation as an instrument of judgment.