Bible Cross References
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1 Kings 13:1
At the LORD's command a prophet from Judah went to Bethel and arrived there as Jeroboam stood at the altar to offer the sacrifice.
1 Kings 14:7-16
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Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to him: 'I chose you from among the people and made you the ruler of my people Israel.
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I took the kingdom away from David's descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who was completely loyal to me, obeyed my commands, and did only what I approve of.
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You have committed far greater sins than those who ruled before you. You have rejected me and have aroused my anger by making idols and metal images to worship.
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Because of this I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will kill all your male descendants, young and old alike. I will get rid of your family; they will be swept away like dung.
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Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures. I, the LORD, have spoken.' "
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And Ahijah went on to say to Jeroboam's wife, "Now go back home. As soon as you enter the town, your son will die.
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All the people of Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He will be the only member of Jeroboam's family who will be properly buried, because he is the only one with whom the LORD, the God of Israel, is pleased.
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The LORD is going to place a king over Israel who will put an end to Jeroboam's dynasty.
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The LORD will punish Israel, and she will shake like a reed shaking in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land which he gave to their ancestors, and he will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have aroused his anger by making idols of the goddess Asherah.
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The LORD will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and led the people of Israel into sin."
1 Kings 17:1
A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."
1 Kings 18:21-40
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Elijah went up to the people and said, "How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the LORD is God, worship him; but if Baal is God, worship him!" But the people didn't say a word.
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Then Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the LORD still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
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Bring two bulls; let the prophets of Baal take one, kill it, cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood---but don't light the fire. I will do the same with the other bull.
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Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the LORD, and the one who answers by sending fire---he is God." The people shouted their approval.
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since there are so many of you, you take a bull and prepare it first. Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood."
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They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, "Answer us, Baal!" and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.
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At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
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So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.
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They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.
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Then Elijah said to the people, "Come closer to me," and they all gathered around him. He set about repairing the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.
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He took twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes named for the sons of Jacob, the man to whom the LORD had given the name Israel.
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With these stones he rebuilt the altar for the worship of the LORD. He dug a trench around it, large enough to hold about four gallons of water.
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Then he placed the wood on the altar, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood." They did so,
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and he said, "Do it again"---and they did. "Do it once more," he said---and they did.
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The water ran down around the altar and filled the trench.
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At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove now that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant and have done all this at your command.
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Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you are bringing them back to yourself."
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The LORD sent fire down, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, scorched the earth and dried up the water in the trench.
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When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, "The LORD is God; the LORD alone is God!"
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Elijah ordered, "Seize the prophets of Baal; don't let any of them get away!" The people seized them all, and Elijah led them down to Kishon Brook and killed them.
1 Kings 19:10
He answered, " LORD God Almighty, I have always served you---you alone. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed all your prophets. I am the only one left---and they are trying to kill me!"
2 Kings 17:13
The LORD had sent his messengers and prophets to warn Israel and Judah: "Abandon your evil ways and obey my commands, which are contained in the Law I gave to your ancestors and which I handed on to you through my servants the prophets."
Nehemiah 9:30
Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.
Jeremiah 25:4
You would not listen or pay attention, even though the LORD has continued to send you his servants the prophets.
Amos 7:14
Amos answered, "I am not the kind of prophet who prophesies for pay. I am a herdsman, and I take care of fig trees.
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Numbers 12:6
and the LORD said, "Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.
Joel 2:28
"Afterward I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.
Acts 2:17
'This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.
2 Corinthians 12:1
I have to boast, even though it doesn't do any good. But I will now talk about visions and revelations given me by the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:7
But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.
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Hosea 1:2-5
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When the LORD first spoke to Israel through Hosea, he said to Hosea, "Go and get married; your wife will be unfaithful, and your children will be just like her. In the same way my people have left me and become unfaithful."
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So Hosea married a woman named Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. After the birth of their first child, a son,
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the LORD said to Hosea, "Name him 'Jezreel,' because it will not be long before I punish the king of Israel for the murders that his ancestor Jehu committed at Jezreel. I am going to put an end to Jehu's dynasty.
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And in Jezreel Valley I will at that time destroy Israel's military power."
Hosea 3:1
The LORD said to me, "Go again and show your love for a woman who is committing adultery with a lover. You must love her just as I still love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and like to take offerings of raisins to idols."
Isaiah 5:1-7
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Listen while I sing you this song, a song of my friend and his vineyard: My friend had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
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So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.
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Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
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"Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
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I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
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Israel is the vineyard of the LORD Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.
Isaiah 20:2-5
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Three years earlier the LORD had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went around naked and barefoot.
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When Ashdod was captured, the LORD said, "My servant Isaiah has been going around naked and barefoot for three years. This is a sign of what will happen to Egypt and Ethiopia.
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The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt.
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Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered.
Jeremiah 13:1-14
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The LORD told me to go and buy myself some linen shorts and to put them on; but he told me not to put them in water.
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So I bought them and put them on.
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Then the LORD spoke to me again and said,
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"Go to the Euphrates River and hide the shorts in a hole in the rocks."
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So I went and hid them near the Euphrates.
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Some time later the LORD told me to go back to the Euphrates and get the shorts.
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So I went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw that they were ruined and were no longer any good.
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Then the LORD spoke to me again. He said,
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"This is how I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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These evil people have refused to obey me. They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever, and have worshiped and served other gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good.
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Just as shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and would bring praise and honor to my name; but they would not obey me."
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The LORD God said to me, "Jeremiah, tell the people of Israel that every wine jar should be filled with wine. They will answer that they know every wine jar should be filled with wine.
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Then tell them that I, the LORD, am going to fill the people in this land with wine until they are drunk: the kings, who are David's descendants, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
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Then I will smash them like jars against one another, old and young alike. No pity, compassion, or mercy will stop me from killing them."
Jeremiah 19:1
The LORD told me to go and buy a clay jar. He also told me to take some of the elders of the people and some of the older priests,
Jeremiah 19:10
Then the LORD told me to break the jar in front of those who had gone with me
Ezekiel 4:1-5
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God said, "Mortal man, get a brick, put it in front of you, and scratch lines on it to represent the city of Jerusalem.
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Then, to represent a siege, put trenches, earthworks, camps, and battering rams all around it.
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Take an iron pan and set it up like a wall between you and the city. Face the city. It is under siege, and you are the one besieging it. This will be a sign to the nation of Israel.
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"Then lie down on your left side, and I will place on you the guilt of the nation of Israel. For 390 days you will stay there and suffer because of their guilt. I have sentenced you to one day for each year their punishment will last.
Ezekiel 15:1-8
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"Mortal man," he said, "how does a vine compare with a tree? What good is a branch of a grapevine compared with the trees of the forest?
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Can you use it to make anything? Can you even make a peg out of it to hang things on?
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It is only good for building a fire. And when the ends are burned up and the middle is charred, can you make anything out of it?
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It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."
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Now this is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "Just as a vine is taken from the forest and burned, so I will take the people who live in Jerusalem
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and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the LORD.
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They have been unfaithful to me, and so I will make the country a wilderness." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 20:49
But I protested, "Sovereign LORD, don't make me do it! Everyone is already complaining that I always speak in riddles."