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Ezekiel 43:8 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Ezekiel 43:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 43 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. and the: or, for there was but a wall between me and them”
Ezekiel 43:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 43:8
God explains why He consumed Israel in anger: they 'defiled my holy name' by setting their threshold by His, their posts by His posts, with only a wall between. This proximity without holiness—physical nearness to God's house while maintaining spiritual adultery—provoked divine wrath. The Hebrew זָנָה (zanah, 'whoredom') represents covenant unfaithfulness, particularly idolatry (Israel as God's bride committing spiritual adultery). The 'carcases of their kings' may refer to royal tombs near the temple or idolatrous monuments. God's holiness cannot coexist with defilement—darkness and light can...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 43:8
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“as I live”
“of which Yahweh said”
“then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold”
“uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh”
“and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky”
“which he had made”
“of which Yahweh said”
“which was before Yahweh”
“at the entrance of the house of Yahweh”