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Ezekiel 23:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. "

Ezekiel 23:38

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36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

37 That 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

38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

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.

40 And 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,

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 23:1

"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"

Ezekiel 23:2

"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:"

Ezekiel 23:3

"And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity."

Ezekiel 23:4

"And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah."

Ezekiel 23:5

"And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,"

Ezekiel 23:6

"Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses."
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