Ezekiel 6:6

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 6:4 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:4 similarly pronounces desolation on altars and breaking of incense altars, directly parallel to the judgment in v6.

Ezekiel 16:39 repeats the destruction of 'lofty places' in the allegory of Jerusalem's harlotry, reinforcing the same judgment language.

In Ezekiel 5:14, this same judgment makes Jerusalem a desolation and reproach among nations, reinforcing the theme of divine punishment.

Ezekiel 35:4 uses the same phrasing 'lay your cities waste' and 'you shall know that I am the LORD' against Edom, echoing this judgment.

Ezekiel 30:13 applies the same judgment against idols to Egypt, showing the pattern extends beyond Israel.

Zechariah 13:2 declares God will cut off the names of idols from the land — a future fulfillment of the same cleansing described here.

Leviticus 26:30 directly threatens destroying high places and incense altars as covenant curses—the very judgment Ezekiel enacts.

Zephaniah 3:6 describes laid‑waste cities and desolation, matching Ezekiel's image of demolished high places and ruined cities.

Zephaniah 1:4 specifies cutting off the remnant of Baal and idolatrous priests — directly continuing the theme of idol removal.

Zephaniah 1:2-6 echoes the same comprehensive destruction of idols and high places, extending judgment to all creation.

Micah 5:13 Parallel

Micah 5:13 promises to cut off carved images and pillars so Israel bows no more to works of hands — same divine action against idols.

Micah 3:12 Parallel

Micah 3:12 says Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins and the temple mount a wooded height, paralleling ruined high places.

Micah 1:7 Parallel

Micah 1:7 describes idols beaten to pieces and laid waste, echoing the destruction of carved images and altars here.

Hosea 10:8 Parallel

Hosea 10:8 explicitly says high places will be destroyed and altars overgrown, matching Ezekiel's picture of desolate altars.

Hosea 10:2 Parallel

In Hosea 10:2, God breaks down Israel's altars and pillars for their false heart — a direct parallel to the judgment on high places.

Jeremiah 34:22 promises to make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant, same prophetic consequence.

Jeremiah 10:22 warns of cities of Judah becoming a desolation and lair of jackals, echoing Ezekiel's destruction.

Isaiah 2:18 Parallel

Isaiah 2:18 prophesies that idols will utterly pass away—a concise summary of Ezekiel's detailed destruction of idols.

Jeremiah 9:11 declares Jerusalem a heap of ruins and cities without inhabitant, closely matching Ezekiel's judgment.

Isaiah 2:20 Parallel

Isaiah 2:18 prophesies that idols will utterly pass away—a concise summary of Ezekiel's detailed destruction of idols.

Isaiah 64:10 laments holy cities become wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation—same judgment theme as Ezekiel's prophecy.

Isaiah 32:14 depicts the palace forsaken and city deserted, directly paralleling the desolate high places and cities.

Isaiah 27:9 Parallel

In Isaiah 27:9, this same removal of altars and Asherah poles is the fruit of atonement — the destruction of idolatrous objects.

Leviticus 26:31 contains the covenant curse of wasted cities and desolated sanctuaries that Ezekiel's judgment here echoes.

In Zephaniah 3:7, God offers preservation if they repent, contrasting with the total destruction decreed here.

Isaiah 32:13 speaks of the soil overgrown with thorns due to judgment, matching the ruined land and cities imagery.

Isaiah 24:1-12 describes cosmic judgment emptying the earth and breaking down cities, echoing the desolation of inhabited places.

Habakkuk 2:18 mocks the profitlessness of idols made by human hands — reinforcing the folly behind the judgment on idols here.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

In Isaiah 6:11, the Lord answers that cities will be ruined and deserted, matching the desolation of towns and high places here.

Jeremiah 2:15 says lions made the land a waste and cities ruins without inhabitants, aligning with Ezekiel's desolation.

In Jeremiah 9:19, the people wail over ruined houses and desolate land, reflecting the same destruction of towns described here.

Jeremiah 17:3 links judgment to high places as sites of sin, similarly connecting idolatry with plunder and ruin.

Zephaniah 1:18 Related theme

Zephaniah 1:18 depicts God's jealous fire consuming the earth—a broader eschatological scope than Ezekiel's localized judgment on cultic sites.