For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, they have done this in the middle of my house.
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For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, they have done this in the middle of my house.
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For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
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For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of My house.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 23:39 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 21:4 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
- Jeremiah 23:11 for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 44:7 in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4-7 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
- Isaiah 3:9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Jeremiah 7:8-11 Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 11:15 What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”
- Ezekiel 23:38 Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
- Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
- John 18:28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 23:39 For when they had slain their children…
Eze 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ver. 39. For when they had slain.] When their hands were full of blood, and even reeking hot therewith. This was detestable impudence.
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Then they came the same day into my sanctuary.] Citra conscientiam, as if they had done God good service. So Erasmus {a} telleth of a fierce friar, Augustine of Antwerp, who openly in the pulpit there preaching to the people, wished that Luther were present, that he might bite out his throat with his teeth; so doing he would nothing doubt to resort to the altar with the same bloody teeth, and receive the body of Christ. Fiducia in federibus.
{a} Eras. Ep., lib. xvi. ad obtrect.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Slain their children: see Eze 16:20.
Slain their children: see Eze 16:20.
To profane it; using my holy temple as if it were a common and unclean place.
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Thus have they done in the midst of my house; nay, these things have been done in my house, they have offered to their idols in the house where my name alone should be called upon.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For when they had slain their children to their…
For when they had slain their children to their idols,.... This explains more clearly what is before said, that by causing their children to pass through the fire was a slaying them; and that their passing through it "for them" was for their idols, and unto them; see Eze 23:37, and how when they had been guilty of such shocking wickedness,
then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; not that they came into the temple on purpose to profane it; but coming into it, being themselves defiled with the murder of their infants, and offering sacrifices to idols, or performing a hypocritical service to the Lord, this was in the event a profanation of the sanctuary:
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and, lo, thus they have done in the midst of mine house; set up idols there, and worshipped them; as they did in the temple itself, in the times of Ahaz and Manasseh; see Jer 7:30.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain My house - Nay, these things have been in…
My house - Nay, these things have been in my house.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Yahweh was placed as it were in the list…
Yahweh was placed as it were in the list of deities, not acknowledged as the One God. Idols and idol-temples were erected close to the House of God, and yet the temple-service went on Jer 32:34.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 39. The same day — This was an especial…
39. The same day — This was an especial insult to Jehovah. The sacrilegious irreverence of these pretended worshipers of Jehovah is seen in the fact that they do not even repent of such practices, but unblushingly enter the holy place. This proved that they neither obeyed nor feared the Lord of the house (Eze_8:17; 2Ki_21:4; Jer_32:34).
Jerusalem has become like the prostitutes of the heathen temple, who seek visitors from afar (see Eze_23:16); who bathe themselves, and paint their eyes with kohl to make them look large and bright, who bedeck themselves with jewels (Eze_23:40), and use the sacred incense and oil as attractions for their bed of lust (Eze_23:41). The revelations of Jerusalem life given elsewhere by Ezekiel and other prophets prove that this was not all metaphor, nor does it refer merely to political alliances. The prevalence of idolatry in Jerusalem, and even in the temple itself, proves the presence of these other shameless iniquities. No wonder the prophet calls the holy city a harlot, and speaks in words that cut to the quick against practices which strike at the roots of all social and family life (Eze_23:40-44).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 39. The particular profanation of the Lord’s house lay…
39. The particular profanation of the Lord’s house lay in this that those who had sacrificed their children entered it. The children were no doubt offered to Jehovah, under whatever conception or name, and the worshippers felt no incongruity in entering his house. Jer_7:9 seq.
midst of mine house] It is not meant that children were sacrificed in the house; their sacrifice was combined with other service in the house.
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