Ezekiel 5:14

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 5:8 Parallel

Ezekiel 5:8 declares judgments in the sight of nations — the basis for the reproach and desolation in verse 14.

In Ezekiel 22:4, the same outcome of becoming a reproach to the nations is declared — mirroring the main verse's desolation and reproach.

Ezekiel 6:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:6 describes cities laid waste and altars ruined—the desolation causing reproach.

In Leviticus 26:32, the land is made desolate so enemies are appalled — directly echoing the desolation declared in the main verse.

Micah 3:12 Parallel

Micah 3:12 prophesied Jerusalem becoming a heap of ruins — the same desolation God brings to pass here.

Lamentations 2:15-17 describes passersby hissing and mocking Jerusalem — the very reproach 'in the sight of all who pass by'.

Lamentations 1:8 says all who honored Jerusalem now despise her — exactly the reproach among nations from Ezekiel.

Jeremiah 42:18 uses same language of execration, horror, curse, taunt — directly matching the reproach among nations here.

In Jeremiah 24:9, the exiles become a reproach, byword, taunt — the same curses of being a byword among nations as here.

In Jeremiah 19:8, the city is made a horror and hissing, with passers-by horrified — identical imagery to Ezekiel's reproach.

In Isaiah 64:11, the temple is burned and ruins — a lament that matches the desolation decreed for Jerusalem.

In Isaiah 64:10, Zion is a wilderness and Jerusalem a desolation — the same ruined state prophesied here in Ezekiel.

In Psalm 79:1-4, the nations have ruined Jerusalem and made it a taunt — directly echoing the reproach and desolation pronounced here.

In Psalm 74:3-10, the psalmist laments the temple's destruction and enemies' reproach — exactly the desolation and scorn predicted here.

In 2 Chronicles 7:21, passers-by are astonished at the temple's ruin — mirroring the 'sight of all who pass by' in Ezekiel's judgment.

In Deuteronomy 28:37, the same curse language appears: becoming a horror, proverb, and byword among nations — the covenant warning fulfilled here.

Jeremiah 23:40 promises an everlasting reproach and shame—identical to the reproach among nations.

Psalm 89:41 Allusion

Psalm 89:41 says 'all who pass by plunder him' and 'scorn of neighbors' — phrasing closely matching Ezekiel's reproach.

Nehemiah 2:17 Historical context

In Nehemiah 2:17, Jerusalem lies in ruins and derision — a later fulfillment of the desolation and reproach decreed here.

In Leviticus 26:31, the covenant curse of ruined cities and desolate sanctuaries parallels the desolation announced in the main verse.

Lamentations 1:4 mourns Zion's desolate gates — the same desolation Ezekiel warns about after judgment.

Lamentations 5:18 laments Mount Zion lying desolate — the desolation mentioned in Ezekiel.