Ezekiel 23:35

Easy To Read Version

“So, the Lord my Master said these things, ‘\{Jerusalem,\} you forgot me. You threw me away and left me behind. So now you must suffer for leaving me and living like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [190]} You must suffer for your wicked dreams.’”

Cross References

1 Kings 14:9

But you have done many great sins. Your sins are much worse than the sins of any person that ruled before you. You have quit following me. You made idols and other gods. This has made me very angry.

Nehemiah 9:26

And then they turned against you!\par They threw away your teachings!\par They killed your prophets.\par Those prophets warned the people.\par They tried to bring them back to you.\par But our ancestors {\cf2\super [55]} did terrible things\par against you!\par

Proverbs 30:9

If I have more than I need, then I will think I don’t need you. But if I am poor then I might steal. Then I will bring shame to the name of God.

Isaiah 17:10

This will happen because you have forgotten the God who saves you. You have not remembered that God is your place of safety.

Jeremiah 13:25

These are the things that will happen to you.\par This is your part in my plans.”\par

Jeremiah 2:27

Those people talk to pieces of wood!\par They say, ‘You are my father.’\par Those people speak to a rock.\par They say, ‘You gave birth to me.’\par All those people will be ashamed.\par Those people don’t look at me.\par They have turned their backs to me.\par But when the people of Judah\par get into trouble, they say to me,\par ‘Come and save us!’\par

Jeremiah 2:32

A young woman doesn’t forget her jewelry.\par A bride doesn’t forget the sash for her dress.\par But my people have forgotten me\par too many times to count.\par

Jeremiah 2:7

\{The Lord says,\}\par “I brought you into a good land,\par a land filled with many good things.\par I did this so you could eat the fruit and crops\par that grow there.\par But you only made my land ‘dirty.’\par I gave that land to you,\par but you made it a bad place.\par

Jeremiah 23:27

These prophets are trying to make the people of Judah forget my name. They are doing this by telling each other these false dreams. They are trying to make my people forget me in the same way that their ancestors {\cf2\super [192]} forgot me. Their ancestors forgot me and worshiped the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [193]}

Jeremiah 3:21

You can hear crying on the bare hills.\par The people of Israel are crying\par and praying for mercy.\par They became very evil.\par They forgot the Lord their God.\par

Jeremiah 32:33

“Those people should have come to me for help. But they turned their backs to me. I tried to teach those people again and again. But they would not listen to me. I tried to correct them, but they would not listen.

Ezekiel 22:12

“‘In Jerusalem, you men take money to kill people. You people lend money and charge interest on those loans. You people cheat their neighbors just to make a little money. And you people have forgotten me.’ The Lord my Master said these things.

Ezekiel 44:10

In the past, the Levites left me when Israel turned away from me. Israel left me to follow their idols. {\cf2\super [419]} The Levites will be punished for their sin.

Ezekiel 7:4

I won’t show you any mercy.\par I won’t feel sorry for you.\par I am punishing you for the bad things\par you did.\par You have done such terrible things.\par Now, you will know that I am the Lord.”\par

Hosea 13:6

\{I gave food to the Israelites.\} They ate that food. They became full and satisfied. They became proud. And they forgot me!

Hosea 8:14

Israel built kings’ houses.\par But it forgot its Maker!\par Now Judah builds fortresses. {\cf2\super [83]} \par But I will send a fire on Judah’s cities.\par And the fire will destroy its fortresses!”\par

Leviticus 24:15

You must tell the people of Israel: If a person curses his God, then he must be punished. [421]

Numbers 14:33

“Your children will be shepherds here in the desert for 40 years. They will suffer because you were not faithful to me. They must suffer until all of you lie dead in the desert.

Numbers 14:34

For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. (That is one year for each of the 40 days that the men explored the land.) You will know that it is a terrible thing for me to be against you.

Numbers 18:22

But the other people of Israel must never go near that Meeting Tent. If they do, then they must be put to death!

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.