Ezekiel 44:12

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But those Levites helped the people sin against me! They helped the people worship their idols! So I am making this promise against them: ‘They will be punished for their sin.’” The Lord my Master said this.

Cross References

Psalm 106:26

So God swore that they would die\par in the desert.\par

Isaiah 9:16

The men that lead the people are leading them the wrong way. And the people that follow them will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 20:15

I made another promise to those people in the desert. I promised that I would not bring them into the land I was giving them. That was a good land filled with many good things. {\cf2\super [142]} It was the most beautiful of all countries!

Ezekiel 20:23

So I made another promise to those people in the desert. I promised to scatter them among the nations, to send them to many different countries.

Ezekiel 20:28

But I still brought them to the land I promised to give to them. They saw all the hills and green trees, so they went to all those places to worship. They took their sacrifices and anger offerings {\cf2\super [144]} to all those places. They offered their sacrifices that made a sweet smell and they offered their drink offerings at those places.

Ezekiel 20:6

On that day, I promised to take you out of Egypt and lead you to the land I was giving to you. That was a good land filled with many good things. {\cf2\super [141]} It was the most beautiful of all countries!

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 44:13

“So the Levites will not bring offerings to me like the priests. They won’t come near any of my holy things or the things that are most holy. They must carry their shame because of the terrible things that they did.

Ezekiel 48:11

This land is for Zadok’s descendants. These men were chosen to be my holy priests. Why? Because they continued to serve me when the other people of Israel left me. Zadok’s family did not leave me like the other people from the family group of Levi.

Hosea 4:6

“My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn. So I will refuse to let you be a priest for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.

Hosea 4:9

So the priests are no different than the people. I will punish them for the things they did. I will pay them back for the wrong things they did.

Hosea 5:1

“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty!

Amos 8:7

The Lord made a promise. He used his name, Pride of Jacob, and made this promise: