Ezekiel 36:17

“Son of man, when the house of Israel inhabited their land, they defiled it with their ways and their deeds. Their ways were like the unclean menstruation of a woman before me.

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Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

In Context

16Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

18So I poured out my fury against them for the blood that they poured out on the land and for their pollution of it by their idols.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.

Numbers 35:33Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Psalms 106:39They were defiled by their deeds; 1 in their actions they were like prostitutes. 1

Isaiah 64:6For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag. 1 We have all withered like leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away. 1

Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, 1 will he return to her again? Would that land not be greatly polluted? 1 You have lived as a prostitute who has many lovers; and would you return to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Jeremiah 16:18I will first pay back double for their iniquity and sin for their polluting of my land with their disgusting idol figures, and for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols.” 1

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 36:17-25

God's Compassion for Israel. ( b. c. 587.) 16 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according… Read the whole commentary →

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