Ezekiel 8:6
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 8:17 reveals yet greater abominations — violence and idolatrous rituals — escalating the charge introduced in verse 6.
In Ezekiel 8:16, the promised greater abominations are revealed: 25 men worshipping the sun in the temple courtyard.
Ezekiel 8:12 provides a specific example of the abominations — elders worshipping idols in dark rooms, claiming God doesn't see.
Ezekiel 8:9 continues the vision, revealing the specific 'greater abominations' inside the temple walls.
Ezekiel 8:11 shows the 70 elders offering incense to idols in the temple — the specific 'detestable thing' God shows Ezekiel in 8:6.
In Ezekiel 8:15, the phrase 'greater abominations' recurs, continuing the sequence of visions revealing deepening sin.
In Ezekiel 8:13, the same promise of greater abominations is repeated, reinforcing the escalation of sin in the temple.
Ezekiel 23:39 gives a specific abomination: child sacrifice followed by entering the sanctuary to profane it.
Ezekiel 23:38 accuses the same sin of defiling the sanctuary and profaning Sabbaths, part of the allegory of unfaithful sisters.
Ezekiel 11:22 completes the departure as the glory of the Lord leaves the city, fulfilling the abandonment threatened in 8:6.
Ezekiel 10:19 shows the cherubim lifting off and the glory of the Lord departing from the temple — the direct fulfillment of God being driven from His sanctuary.
Ezekiel 5:11 shows the consequence: because they defiled the sanctuary, God will withdraw without pity.
Ezekiel 7:20-22 describes how idols brought into the temple lead to God turning away and the sanctuary being profaned.
Ezekiel 33:29 states that the land became desolate because of their abominations, fulfilling the judgment hinted at in 8:6.
Ezekiel 18:12 defines 'abomination' as including idolatry and oppression, specifying the sins driving God from His sanctuary in 8:6.
In 2 Kings 23:4-6, Josiah purges these very idols from the temple — the opposite of the defilement seen here.
Lamentations 2:7 states the Lord rejected His altar and abandoned His sanctuary — the very outcome foreseen in Ezekiel 8:6.
Lamentations 2:6 describes God destroying His dwelling and spurning the sanctuary — the lamentful realization of the abandonment threatened in Ezekiel.
Jeremiah 32:34 repeats the charge of placing abominations in the temple to defile it, reinforcing the same theme.
Jeremiah 26:6 threatens to make the temple like Shiloh, a place God abandoned — echoing the same judgment as Ezekiel 8:6.
Jeremiah 23:11 indicts prophets and priests for ungodliness in God's own house, matching the abominations seen.
Jeremiah 7:30 directly parallels: God's people set detestable things in the temple to defile it.
Psalm 78:60 recalls God abandoning the tabernacle at Shiloh due to sin — a direct parallel to the threat of leaving the temple in Ezekiel.
2 Chronicles 36:14-17 recounts the leaders defiling the temple and God bringing the Chaldeans to destroy it — the historical outcome of Ezekiel's abominations.
Deuteronomy 31:16-18 warns that apostasy will cause God to hide His face — the same pattern of divine abandonment seen in Ezekiel.
In Hosea 5:15, God withdraws to His place until Israel acknowledges their offense — mirroring the driving away of God from His sanctuary here.
In Jeremiah 11:18, God reveals the people's evil deeds to the prophet, similar to showing abominations in Ezekiel 8:6.
Jeremiah 3:6 describes Israel's idolatry on high hills and under green trees — a parallel to the abominations driving God from His sanctuary here.
In Amos 8:2, the vision of summer fruit signals the end for Israel — similar to Ezekiel seeing abominations that bring divine judgment.