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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moreover they have done this to Me: They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day, and have profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day [of their idolatries] and have profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary on that same day and profaned my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They also did this to Me: they defiled My sanctuary on that same day and profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They have also done this to me: They have polluted my holy places when they do these things and dishonored the days to worship me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And that is not all they did. They profaned my Temple and broke the Sabbath, which I had established. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"They've also done this to me: They defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths, all at the same time!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Again, they have done this to Me, "" They defiled My sanctuary in that day, "" And they have defiled My Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Again, this they have done to Me, They defiled My sanctuary in that day, And My sabbaths they have polluted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Yet this they did to me: they defiled my holy place in that day, and my Sabbaths they profaned.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Yea, and they have done this to me. They polluted my sanctuary on the same day, and profaned my sabbaths. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But they have done even this to me: They have defiled my sanctuary on the same day, and they have profaned my Sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And they also did this to me: on that day, they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my sabbaths.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my sabbaths;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And this is the other thing that they did to me: they defiled my holy place in that day and my Sabbaths they have defiled<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled My sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6755" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Judgment on Both Sisters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">37</span>For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. <span class="reftext">38</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">They have also</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">done</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to Me:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that very same</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: ṭim·mə·’ū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">they defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4720.htm" title="4720: miq·dā·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A sacred place, sanctuary. Or miqqdash; from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylum.">My sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥil·lê·lū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">and profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay (N-cpc:: 1cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">My Sabbaths.</a> </span><span class="reftext">39</span>On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4-5</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4-5</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-15</a></span><br />Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. / I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. / When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Jeremiah 32:34-35</a></span><br />They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. / They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12</a></span><br />He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a></span><br />You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a></span><br />You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-17</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Ezekiel 8:16</a></span><br />So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a></span><br />And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13-14</a></span><br />They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Zephaniah 1:5-6</a></span><br />those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, / and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.</p><p class="hdg">they have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Ezekiel 7:20</a></b></br> As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations <i>and</i> of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">Ezekiel 8:5-16</a></b></br> 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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4,7</a></b></br> And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name… </p><p class="hdg">and have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-13.htm">Ezekiel 20:13,24</a></b></br> But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which <i>if</i> a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm">Ezekiel 22:8</a></b></br> Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Nehemiah 13:17,18</a></b></br> Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing <i>is</i> this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Further</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Further</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-3.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-24.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">and shows their judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They have also done this to Me:</b><br>This phrase indicates a personal affront to God, emphasizing the intimate relationship between God and His people. The actions of the Israelites are not just violations of law but are seen as direct offenses against God Himself. This reflects the covenant relationship where God is not just a distant deity but one who is personally involved with His people. The use of "Me" underscores the personal nature of the sin, similar to how David acknowledges his sin against God in <a href="/psalms/51-4.htm">Psalm 51:4</a>.<p><b>On that very same day:</b><br>The immediacy of the actions highlights the severity and audacity of the sin. It suggests a deliberate and conscious choice to sin against God, showing a hardened heart. This phrase can be connected to the idea of "today" in <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Hebrews 3:15</a>, which warns against hardening one's heart. The timing also suggests a lack of repentance or awareness of the gravity of their actions.<p><b>they defiled My sanctuary:</b><br>The sanctuary, or temple, was the dwelling place of God among His people, representing His holiness and presence. To defile it was to show utter disrespect for God's holiness. Historically, this could refer to the introduction of idolatry or pagan practices within the temple, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4-5</a> with Manasseh's reign. The defilement of the sanctuary is a recurring theme in Ezekiel, symbolizing the spiritual corruption of the people.<p><b>and profaned My Sabbaths:</b><br>The Sabbath was a sign of the covenant between God and Israel, a day set apart for rest and worship. Profaning the Sabbath indicates a rejection of God's order and a failure to honor Him. This connects to the broader biblical theme of rest and trust in God, as seen in <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a> and <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a>. The profanation of the Sabbath reflects a deeper spiritual malaise, where the people have turned away from the rhythms of life ordained by God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book and serves as God's messenger to the Israelites, conveying messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel_and_judah.htm">Israel and Judah</a></b><br>The two kingdoms of the Israelites, often depicted in Ezekiel as unfaithful to God, engaging in idolatry and other sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sanctuary.htm">God's Sanctuary</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a sacred place where God's presence dwelled and where the Israelites were to worship Him.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sabbaths.htm">Sabbaths</a></b><br>The holy days of rest and worship commanded by God, meant to be a sign of the covenant between God and His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The worship of idols or false gods, which is a central theme in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>, symbolizing Israel and Judah's unfaithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_worship.htm">The Sanctity of Worship</a></b><br>God's sanctuary and Sabbaths are sacred, and their defilement is a serious offense. Believers today should approach worship with reverence and purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>Just as Israel and Judah were called to be faithful, Christians are called to remain loyal to God, avoiding modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The defilement of sacred things leads to judgment. This serves as a warning to live in obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_rest.htm">The Importance of Rest</a></b><br>The Sabbath is a gift from God, providing rest and spiritual renewal. Christians should prioritize rest and worship in their weekly routines.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the judgment, God offers hope and restoration to those who repent. Believers should seek forgiveness and strive to restore their relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'lord_of_the_sabbath'_mean.htm">What does 'Lord of the Sabbath' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/russia's_role_in_biblical_prophecy.htm">What role does Russia play in biblical prophecy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_outside_bible_for_ezekiel_21.htm">Is there any evidence outside the Bible supporting the military and political tumult depicted throughout Ezekiel 21?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) <span class= "bld">In the same day.</span>--This is explained more fully in <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm" title="For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, see, thus have they done in the middle of my house.">Ezekiel 23:39</a>. Emphasis is laid upon the fact that they worshipped in the sanctuary of Jehovah in the same day that they offered their children to their idols, because the passing directly from the one to the other showed an utter disregard of the commands of the Lord, and an entire want of appreciation of His character and holiness. The figure in this and the following verses is partly dropped to bring out better the reality.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They have also</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">done</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֣שׂוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">this:</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">On that very same</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֔וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">טִמְּא֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṭim·mə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My sanctuary</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְדָּשִׁי֙</span> <span class="translit">(miq·dā·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4720.htm">Strong's 4720: </a> </span><span class="str2">A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and profaned</span><br /><span class="heb">חִלֵּֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥil·lê·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My Sabbaths.</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intermission, the Sabbath</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:38 Moreover this they have done to me: (Ezek. 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