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Ezekiel 23:39 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 23 · verse 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.Ezekiel 23:39 · King James Version
Ezekiel 23:39 in context
37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
38Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
39For 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.
40And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuarymiqdâsha consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylumH4720 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- profanechâlalproperly, to boreH2490 →
- slainshâchaṭto slaughterH7819 →
- idolsgillûwlproperly, a logH1544 →
- midsttâveka bisectionH8432 →
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Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the devil, had revolted from her allegiance to him, had compassed and imagined to shake off his government, had kept up a…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-49