Ezekiel 36:17

Easy To Read Version

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [279]} the family of Israel lived in their own country. But they made that land filthy by the bad things they did. To me, they were like a woman that becomes unclean {\cf2\super [280]} because of her monthly time of bleeding.

Cross References

Psalm 106:39

So God’s people became dirty with the sins of those other people.\par God’s people were unfaithful to their God\par and did the things those other people did.\par

Isaiah 24:5

The people on the land have made the land dirty. \{How did this happen\}? The people did wrong things against God’s teaching. The people did not obey God’s laws. The people made an agreement with God a long time ago, but those people broke their agreement with God.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all dirty with sin.\par Even our good works \{are not pure\}.\par They are like blood-stained rags.\par We are all like dead leaves.\par Our sins have carried us away like wind.\par

Jeremiah 16:18

I will pay the people of Judah back for the bad things they did—I will punish them two times for every sin. I will do this because they have made my land ‘dirty.’ They made my land ‘dirty’ with their terrible idols. I hate those idols. But they have filled my country with their idols.”

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 3:9

Judah did not care that she was acting like a prostitute. So she made her country ‘dirty.’ She did the sin of adultery by worshiping idols made out of stone and wood.

Ezekiel 36:16

Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Micah 2:10

Get up and leave!\par This will not be your place of rest.\par Why? Because you ruined this place!\par You made it unclean,\par So it will be destroyed!\par It will be a terrible destruction!\par