Cross references

Ezekiel 23:5

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

Ezekiel 23:5 BSB

Ezekiel 23:5 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Kings 15:19 (4 votes) and 2 Kings 16:7 (4 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 38 to Zechariah 5.

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Which verses does Ezekiel 23:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

  2. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”

  3. Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

  4. Hosea 5:134 votes

    When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

  5. All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. …

  6. A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

  7. Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.

  8. For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

  9. You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

  10. So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

  11. therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

  12. She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

  13. Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

  14. She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

  15. At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

  16. and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.

Which verses point to Ezekiel 23:5?

The 10 strongest of 34.