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Ezekiel 22:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. "
Ezekiel 22:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
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From This Chapter
Ezekiel 22:1
"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 22:2
"Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations."
Ezekiel 22:3
"Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile"
Ezekiel 22:4
"Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries."
Ezekiel 22:5
"Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed."
Ezekiel 22:6
"Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood."
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