Ezekiel 20:22   (Read all of Ezekiel 20)

But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:39   (Read all of Ezekiel 20)

" 'As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.

Ezekiel 20:41   (Read all of Ezekiel 20)

I will accept you as fragrant incense when I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy through you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 20:46   (Read all of Ezekiel 20)

"Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland.

Ezekiel 21:2   (Read all of Ezekiel 21)

"Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel

Ezekiel 21:9   (Read all of Ezekiel 21)

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Lord says: " 'A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished-

Ezekiel 21:14   (Read all of Ezekiel 21)

"So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter- a sword for great slaughter, closing in on them from every side.

Ezekiel 21:25   (Read all of Ezekiel 21)

" 'You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax,

Ezekiel 21:28   (Read all of Ezekiel 21)

"And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says about the Ammonites and their insults: " 'A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning!

Ezekiel 22:12   (Read all of Ezekiel 22)

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 22:26   (Read all of Ezekiel 22)

Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 22:28   (Read all of Ezekiel 22)

Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says'-when the Lord has not spoken.

Ezekiel 23:3   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.

Ezekiel 23:5   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians-warriors

Ezekiel 23:7   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.

Ezekiel 23:8   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.

Ezekiel 23:11   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

"Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.

Ezekiel 23:14   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

"But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red,

Ezekiel 23:18   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.

Ezekiel 23:19   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

Ezekiel 23:27   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.

Ezekiel 23:29   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity

Ezekiel 23:35   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

"Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution."

Ezekiel 23:43   (Read all of Ezekiel 23)

Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, 'Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.'