Ezekiel 23:38

38 "Again, they have done this to Me: they have ¹defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have ²profaned My sabbaths

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Ezekiel 23:38 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:38

Moreover this they have done unto me
. The following piece of wickedness, which was very provoking to the Lord: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day;
as they caused their children to pass through the tire to their idols, by entering into the sanctuary when they had so done, and were thus defiled, and by offering sacrifices to their idols in it; or under pretence of serving the Lord, when they had just been guilty of murder and idolatry: and have profaned my sabbaths;
not only by doing their own worldly and civil business, but by slaying their infants on those days, and sacrificing them to idols.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 23:38 In-Context

36 Moreover, the LORD said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations

37 "For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.

38 "Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths

39 "For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house.

40 "Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came -for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

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1. 2 Kings 21:4, 7; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:20
2. Jeremiah 17:27; Ezekiel 20:13, 24

Ezekiel 23:38

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Ezekiel 23:38 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:38 In-Context

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