Ezekiel 9:7

And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 7:20-22 also foretells God giving up His sanctuary to defilement—the same theme of the house being polluted.

2 Chronicles 36:17 Historical context

2 Chronicles 36:17 records the historical fulfillment—Babylon slaying without compassion, defiling the temple as Ezekiel envisioned.

Psalm 79:1-3 laments the temple defiled and corpses in the city—the same slaughter and pollution Ezekiel saw.

Lamentations 2:4-7 describes God destroying the temple and sanctuary—the very defilement commanded in Ezekiel's vision.

2 Kings 11:15 orders Athaliah slain outside the temple to avoid defiling it—opposite to God's command to defile the house here.

2 Chronicles 23:14 parallels 2 Kings 11:15—also forbidding bloodshed in the temple, contrasting with this command to defile.

Lamentations 1:1 mourns the city's desolation after judgment—the outcome of the slaughter and defilement in Ezekiel's vision.