Ezekiel 23:35

35 "So this is what the Lord God says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sexual sins."

Ezekiel 23:35 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, because thou hast forgotten
me
His word, worship, and ordinances, and did not attend unto them, but worshipped strange gods: so the Targum,

``because thou hast left my worship:''

and cast me behind thy back; or, as the same paraphrase,

``hast cast the fear of me from before thine eyes;''

or out of thy sight, his laws and statutes; see ( Nehemiah 9:26 ) ( Isaiah 5:24 ) , as men cast behind their backs that which they have no value for and loath, and which they do not care to see, and choose to forget: therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms;
that is, the guilt of their sins, the punishment of their idolatries, and shame and confusion for them.

Ezekiel 23:35 In-Context

33 It will make you miserable and drunk. It is the cup of fear and ruin. It is the cup of your sister Samaria.

34 You will drink everything in it, and then you will smash it and tear at your breasts. I have spoken, says the Lord God.

35 "So this is what the Lord God says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sexual sins."

36 The Lord said to me: "Human, will you judge Samaria and Jerusalem, showing them their hateful acts

37 They are guilty of adultery and murder. They have taken part in adultery with their idols. They even offered our children as sacrifices in the fire to be food for these idols.