Ezekiel 9:9

New Century Version

Then he said to me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is very great. The land is filled with people who murder, and the city is full of people who are not fair. The people say, ‘The Lord has left the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh also killed many innocent people, filling Jerusalem from one end to the other with their blood. This was besides the sin he led Judah to do; he led Judah to do what the Lord said was wrong.

2 Kings 24:4

He had killed many innocent people and had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive these sins.

Job 22:13

But you ask, ‘What does God know? Can he judge us through the dark clouds?

Psalm 10:11

The wicked think, “God has forgotten us. He doesn’t see what is happening.”

Psalm 94:7

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see; the God of Jacob doesn’t notice.”

Isaiah 1:4

How terrible! Israel is a nation of sin, a people loaded down with guilt, a group of children doing evil, children who are full of evil. They have left the Lord; they hate God, the Holy One of Israel, and have turned away from him as if he were a stranger.

Isaiah 29:15

How terrible it will be for those who try to hide things from the Lord and who do their work in darkness. They think no one will see them or know what they do.

Isaiah 47:10

You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.’

Jeremiah 2:34

Even on your clothes you have the blood of poor and innocent people, but they weren’t thieves you caught breaking in. You do all these things,

Jeremiah 22:17

“But you only look for and think about what you can get dishonestly. You are even willing to kill innocent people to get it. You feel free to hurt people and to steal from them.”

Lamentations 1:5

Her foes are now her masters. Her enemies enjoy the wealth they have taken. The Lord is punishing her for her many sins. Her children have gone away as captives of the enemy.

Ezekiel 7:23

“Make chains for captives, because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then he said to me, “Human, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the dark? Have you seen each man in the room of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us. The Lord has left the land.’ ”

Ezekiel 8:17

He said to me, “Do you see, human? Is it unimportant that the people of Judah are doing the hateful things they have done here? They have filled the land with violence and made me continually angry. Look, they are insulting me every way they can.

Habakkuk 1:4

So the teachings are weak, and justice never comes. Evil people gain while good people lose; the judges no longer make fair decisions.

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I, the Lord, will search Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish those who are satisfied with themselves, who think, ‘The Lord won’t help us or punish us.’

Luke 11:50

So you who live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world—

Deuteronomy 31:29

I know that after I die you will become completely evil. You will turn away from the commands I have given you. Terrible things will happen to you in the future when you do what the Lord says is evil, and you will make him angry with the idols you have made.”

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have done evil against him. To their shame they are no longer his children; they are an evil and lying people.