Ezekiel 5:11

Easy To Read Version

The Lord my Master says, “\{Jerusalem,\} I promise by my life \{that I will punish you\}! I promise that I will punish you! Why? Because you did terrible things to my Holy Place. You did horrible things that made it dirty! I will punish you! I won’t show any mercy. I will not feel sorry for you!

Cross References

2 Kings 21:4

Manasseh built altars {to honor false gods} in the Lord’s temple. (This is the place the Lord was talking about when he said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”)

2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh made a carved statue of Asherah. [258] He put this statue in the temple. The Lord had said to David and to David’s son Solomon about this temple: “I have chosen Jerusalem from all the cities in Israel. I will put my name in the temple in Jerusalem forever.

2 Kings 23:12

In the past, the kings of Judah had built altars on the roof of Ahab’s building. King Manasseh had also built altars in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Josiah destroyed all those altars and threw the broken pieces into Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 33:4

Manasseh built altars for false gods in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [402]} The Lord said about the temple, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh also made a statue of an idol and put it in God’s temple—the very same temple that God had talked about to David and his son Solomon. God had said, “I will put my name in this house and in Jerusalem—the city that I chose from \{all the cities in\} all the family groups—\{and my name will be there\} forever!

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the leaders of the priests and the leaders of the people of Judah sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord. They followed the evil example of the other nations. Those leaders ruined the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [453]} The Lord had made the temple holy in Jerusalem.

Job 27:22

The evil person might try to run away\par from the power of the storm.\par But the storm will hit him without mercy.\par

Psalm 107:39

Because of disaster and troubles,\par their families were small and weak.\par

Psalm 95:11

So I was angry, and I swore (promised)\par they would not enter my land of rest.\par

Jeremiah 10:24

Lord, correct us!\par But be fair!\par Don’t punish us in anger!\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 32:34

Those people have made their idols—and I hate those idols. They put their idols in the temple {\cf2\super [271]} that is called by my name. In this way, they made my temple ‘dirty.’

Jeremiah 44:4

I sent my prophets to those people again and again. Those prophets were my servants. Those prophets spoke my message and said to the people, ‘Don’t do this terrible thing. I hate for you to worship idols.’

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord did what he planned to do.\par He has done what he said he would do.\par He has done what he commanded\par from times of long ago.\par He destroyed, and he had no pity.\par He made your enemies happy\par because of what happened to you.\par He made your enemies strong.\par

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men\par lie on the ground in the streets\par of the city.\par My young women and young men\par have been killed by the sword.\par You, Lord, killed them on the day\par of your anger!\par You killed them without mercy!\par

Ezekiel 11:18

And when my people come back, they will destroy all the terrible, filthy idols that are here now.

Ezekiel 11:21

\{I mean,\} each animal had four faces, four wings, and something that looked like human arms under their wings.

Ezekiel 23:28

The Lord my Master says these things, “I am giving you to the men you hate. I am giving you to the men you became disgusted with.

Ezekiel 23:38

They also treated my special days of rest and my holy place like they were not important.

Ezekiel 23:39

They killed their children for their idols, {\cf2\super [193]} and then they went into my holy place and made it filthy too! They did this inside my temple! {\cf2\super [194]}

Ezekiel 24:14

“‘I am the Lord. I said your punishment would come, and I will make it happen. I won’t hold back the punishment. I won’t feel sorry for you. I will punish you for the bad things you did.’ The Lord my Master said those things.”

Ezekiel 29:15

It will be the least important kingdom. It will never again lift itself above the other nations. I will make them so small that they won’t rule over the nations.

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Ezekiel 43:8

They won’t bring shame to my name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their door post next to my door post. In the past, only a wall separated them from me. So they brought shame to my name every time they sinned and did those terrible things. That is why I became angry and destroyed them.

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought foreigners into my temple—and those people were not truly circumcised {\cf2\super [417]} —they did not give themselves completely to me. In this way you made my temple unclean. You broke our agreement and did terrible things, and then you gave me the offerings of bread, the fat, and the blood. But this only made my temple unclean.

Ezekiel 5:7

So, the Lord my Master says, “\{I will do terrible things to you! Why?\} Because you did not obey my laws. You did not obey my commands. You broke more of my laws than the people that live around you! And you even did things those people say are wrong!”

Ezekiel 7:20

“Those people used their beautiful jewelry and made an idol. They were proud of that statue. They made their terrible statues. They made those filthy things. So I (God) will throw them away like a dirty rag.

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

Ezekiel 7:9

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

Ezekiel 8:15

\{God\} said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [69]} do you see these terrible things? Come with me and you will see things that are even worse than this!”

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he led me to the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple. At that place, I saw 25 men bowing down and worshiping. They were between the porch and the altar—but they were facing the wrong way! Their backs were to the Holy Place. They were bowing down to worship the sun!

Ezekiel 9:10

And I won’t show any mercy. I won’t feel sorry for these people. They brought it on themselves—I am only giving these people the punishment they deserve!”

Leviticus 15:31

“So you must warn the people of Israel about being unclean. [256] {If you don’t warn the people, then} they might make my Holy Tent [257] unclean. And then they would have to die!”

Amos 8:7

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

Zechariah 11:6

And I don’t feel sorry for the people living in this country.” The Lord said these things, “Look, I will let everyone be abused by his neighbor and king. I will let them destroy their country—I will not stop them!”

Malachi 3:17

You have taught wrong things. And those wrong teachings made the Lord very sad. You taught that God likes people that do bad things. You said God thinks those people are good. And you taught that God does not punish people for doing bad things.

Romans 11:12

The Jews’ mistake brought rich blessings for the world. And what the Jews lost brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will get much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.

Romans 11:21

If God did not let the natural branches of that tree stay, then he will not let you stay \{if you don’t believe\}.

Romans 8:32

He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things.

Hebrews 6:13

Any person who lives on milk is still a baby. That person knows nothing about right teaching.