Ezekiel 6:13

Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 6:4-7 details the same scene: altars destroyed, slain among idols, bones scattered—the very image summarized in 6:13.

Ezekiel 20:28 repeats the same locations of idolatry—high hills and leafy trees—as those denounced in 6:13.

Ezekiel 18:6 describes a righteous person who avoids mountain shrines and idols — the opposite of the idolatry condemned here.

Ezekiel 20:41 reverses the idol incense — God accepts Israel as a pleasing aroma in restoration, contrasting the rejected incense here.

Ezekiel 7:3 Related theme

In Ezekiel 7:3, the same judgment for detestable practices applies — the end comes with God's anger against Israel's idolatry.

1 Kings 14:23 uses the exact phrase 'on every high hill and under every green tree' to describe Israel's idolatry.

In Isaiah 57:5-7, the same idolatry under spreading trees and on high hills is described, adding the detail of child sacrifice.

Jeremiah 2:20 uses the identical phrase 'under every spreading tree' and 'every high hill' to depict Israel's spiritual prostitution.

Jeremiah 3:6 also repeats 'every high hill and under every spreading tree' as the setting for faithless Israel's adultery.

Hosea 4:13 Parallel

Hosea 4:13 echoes the same imagery of sacrificing on mountaintops and under oaks, connecting it to prostitution and adultery.

Leviticus 26:30 threatens destruction of high places and idols, matching the judgment context of Ezekiel 6:13's idolatry.

2 Kings 16:4 describes Ahaz sacrificing on high places and under green trees, the same idolatrous practice as Ezekiel 6:13.

Isaiah 1:29 Parallel

Isaiah 1:29 condemns idolatry related to oaks, echoing the tree-associated worship in Ezekiel 6:13.

Isaiah 37:20 also uses 'know that you alone are the Lord,' but prays for deliverance rather than judgment as in Ezekiel.

Jeremiah 13:27 describes detestable acts on hills and in fields, a broader but similar location for idolatrous prostitution.