Ezekiel 23:38
What does Ezekiel 23:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 23:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Again, this they have done to Me, They defiled My sanctuary in that day, And My sabbaths they have polluted.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Yea, and they have done this to me. They polluted my sanctuary on the same day, and profaned my sabbaths.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Moreover this have they done unto me: in the same day have they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my sabbaths.
Context
v.37For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.
v.38This passage
v.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 my house.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 8:5
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Nehemiah 13:17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
- 2 Kings 21:4
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- Ezekiel 22:8
Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
- 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah 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, will I put my name for ever;
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