Ezra 5:12
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
Cross-reference
2 Kings 24:10-17 details the siege, temple looting, and deportation by Nebuchadnezzar — the events summarized in this confession.
2 Chronicles 36:17 describes the same event: God brought the Chaldeans against Judah, giving them into his hand.
2 Chronicles 36:16 parallels this exactly: the people mocked God's messengers until His wrath rose, leading to the exile.
Nehemiah 9:26 recounts Israel's rebellion, killing prophets, which provoked God—the same cause as the exile here.
Jeremiah 39:1-14 gives a firsthand account of the fall of Jerusalem and exile, matching the event summarized in Ezra 5:12.
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 lists curses for disobedience, including exile—fulfilled exactly in Ezra's description of the exile.
2 Chronicles 7:19-22 repeats the covenant warning of temple ruin and deportation — the events here fulfill that warning.
2 Kings 25:8-11 describes the burning of the temple and the exile — the very events Ezra 5:12 summarizes as God's judgment.
2 Kings 25:1 details the siege of Jerusalem that led to the destruction summarized here, providing the historical context.
2 Kings 24:2 records God sending Chaldean bands to destroy Judah — this is the same historical judgment mentioned in the confession.
2 Kings 21:12-15 details God's judgment for Manasseh's sins, the very cause of the exile and temple destruction mentioned here.
1 Kings 9:6-9 prophesies temple destruction and exile for forsaking God — the exile described here is its fulfillment.
Judges 2:14 establishes the pattern of God's anger leading to surrender to enemies — the exile repeats this same divine judgment.
Deuteronomy 32:30 teaches that defeat comes only when God sells or gives up his people — this explains the mechanism behind the exile recounted here.
Deuteronomy 31:17 warns of God hiding his face and devouring them — the same covenant curse the speakers in Ezra confess as fulfilled.
Deuteronomy 29:24-28 warns that abandoning the covenant brings God's anger and exile—fulfilled in this event.
Daniel 9:5 confesses rebellion and sin—the same transgressions that Ezra says provoked God to send exile.
2 Chronicles 36:6-10 recounts earlier Babylonian deportations under Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, precursors to the final destruction here.
2 Chronicles 34:25 gives specific reasons for judgment (idolatry), directly supporting the explanation of God's wrath leading to the temple's ruin.
2 Chronicles 34:24 records Huldah's prophecy of disaster for Judah's unfaithfulness, echoing the reason for the temple's destruction in Ezra.
Nehemiah 9:27 echoes this pattern: God gave them into enemies' hands when they sinned, though with deliverance cycles.
Isaiah 59:2 attributes separation from God to iniquities—similar cause to the provoking that led to exile in Ezra.
Daniel 1:1 records Nebuchadnezzar's first siege under Jehoiakim, an earlier stage of the judgment mentioned here.
Daniel 1:2 notes the Lord giving Jehoiakim into Nebuchadnezzar's hand and taking temple vessels, a precursor to the full destruction here.