Ezra 9:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

that were given to us by your servants the prophets. They said the land you are giving us is full of sinful and wicked people, who never stop doing disgusting things.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh was guilty of causing the people of Judah to sin and disobey the LORD. He also refused to protect innocent people—he even let so many of them be killed that their blood filled the streets of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:2

Manasseh disobeyed the LORD by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

Ezra 6:21

The sacrifices were eaten by the Israelites who had returned and by the neighbouring people who had given up the sinful customs of other nations in order to worship the LORD God of Israel.

Ezra 9:1

Later the Jewish leaders came to me and said: Many Israelites, including priests and Levites, are living just like the people around them. They are even guilty of some of the horrible sins of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:10

Our God, what can we say now? Even after all this, we have disobeyed the commands

Jeremiah 26:5

Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me straight away,

2 Corinthians 7:1

My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honour God and try to be completely like him.

Deuteronomy 12:31

No, you should not! The LORD hates the disgusting way those nations worship their gods, because they even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 18:12

The LORD is disgusted with anyone who does these things, and that's why he will help you destroy the nations that are in the land.