Ezekiel 7:23

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 7:11, violence is described as a rod of wickedness — it's the same chapter expanding on the land's bloody crimes.

Ezekiel 22:27 compares princes to wolves shedding blood, directly paralleling the violence in the land.

Ezekiel 22:13 refers to the blood among them, linking dishonest gain to the same violent bloodshed.

Ezekiel 22:9 mentions slanderous men who shed blood, reinforcing the theme of bloodshed filling the city.

Ezekiel 22:3-6 details the same bloodshed in Jerusalem, especially by its princes who shed blood without restraint.

Ezekiel 19:3-6 uses the lion metaphor to depict the princes' violent oppression, illustrating the bloodshed that fills the land.

Ezekiel 11:6 specifies that many have been killed in the city, filling streets with the dead—the bloodshed that leads to chains.

Ezekiel 9:9 Parallel

Ezekiel 9:9 repeats the exact phrase 'land full of bloodshed and city full of violence', reinforcing the same accusation.

In Ezekiel 12:19, the violence of the inhabitants is given as the reason for the land's desolation — a direct causal link.

In Ezekiel 8:17, the identical phrase 'fill the land with violence' is used, linking the idolatry there to the crimes here.

In Ezekiel 18:7, a righteous person does not oppress or rob — contrasting sharply with the violence filling the land here.

2 Kings 24:4 Historical context

2 Kings 24:4 says Manasseh filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon—matching the reason for judgment.

Micah 7:2 Parallel

In Micah 7:2, everyone lies in wait for blood, hunting each other—directly paralleling the bloody crimes here.

Hosea 4:2 Parallel

In Hosea 4:2, a catalogue of sins includes murder and bloodshed, echoing the violence and bloody crimes here.

In Jeremiah 22:17, Jehoiakim is charged with shedding innocent blood and violence—matching the crimes here.

In Jeremiah 7:6, condemning the same shedding of innocent blood and oppression that fills the land here.

Jeremiah 2:34 finds the lifeblood of the innocent poor on Jerusalem's skirts, directly connecting to the bloodshed in the land.

Isaiah 59:7 Parallel

Isaiah 59:7 describes feet swift to shed innocent blood, reinforcing the pervasive violence that fills the city.

Isaiah 59:3 Parallel

Isaiah 59:3 declares hands defiled with blood and fingers with iniquity, echoing the full-of-blood condition of the land.

Isaiah 1:15 Parallel

Isaiah 1:15 says God hides his eyes because hands are full of blood, showing the same bloodshed making worship unacceptable.

2 Kings 21:16 Historical context

2 Kings 21:16 records Manasseh shedding so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem, the historical cause of this judgment.

In Jeremiah 6:7, the same theme of violence filling Jerusalem is echoed — both prophets condemn the city's bloody crimes.

In Psalm 106:38, shedding innocent blood pollutes the land—directly parallels the bloody crimes polluting the land here.

Lamentations 3:7 describes the personal experience of being weighed down with chains, echoing the bondage foretold here.

Jeremiah 27:2 uses a yoke as a symbol of bondage, similar to the chains commanded here to represent impending exile.

Nahum 3:10 Parallel

Nahum 3:10 depicts Nineveh's nobles bound in chains at their fall, paralleling the chains of judgment for Jerusalem.