Ezekiel 23:38

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They have also done this to me: On the same day they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.

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  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
  • Ezek 20:24 : 24 because they did not carry out my ordinances but rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.
  • Ezek 7:20 : 20 They took pride in the beauty of their jewelry and made it into images of their detestable idols. Therefore, I will make it a thing of uncleanness for them.
  • 2 Kgs 21:7 : 7 He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about which the LORD had 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, I will put My name forever.
  • Jer 17:27 : 27 But if you do not obey Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any loads as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and will not be extinguished.
  • 2 Kgs 23:11-12 : 11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun at the entrance to the house of the Lord, near the room of Nathan-Melech, the eunuch, which was in the colonnades. He also burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The king tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, the ones the kings of Judah had made. He also destroyed the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He removed them from there, ground them to dust, and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
  • Neh 13:17-18 : 17 I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? 18 Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster upon us and upon this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!"
  • Ezek 8:5-9 : 5 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.' So I lifted my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the gate of the altar, was this idol of jealousy at the entrance. 6 And He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see even greater abominations.' 7 Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and I looked, and behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 He said to me, 'Son of man, dig through the wall now.' So I dug through the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations they are doing here.' 10 So I went in and looked, and behold, there were all sorts of carvings of crawling things, detestable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel engraved on the walls all around. 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing there, with Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was rising. 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’' 13 And He said to me, 'You will see even greater abominations that they are committing.' 14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these.' 16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, bowing down to the sun in the east.
  • Ezek 22:8 : 8 You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.
  • 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.'
  • Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.

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    39When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

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    7Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.

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  • Ezek 22:26
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    26Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common or teach the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to my Sabbaths, and so I am profaned among them.

  • Ezek 23:36-37
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    36The LORD said to me: 'Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their abominations.'

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    34They set up detestable idols in the house that bears My name and defiled it.

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    7They set Your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of Your name, bringing it to the ground.

  • Ezek 43:8
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    8When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I consumed them in my anger.

  • Ezek 20:24
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    24because they did not carry out my ordinances but rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

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    7When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in My sanctuary and profane it—My house—by offering My food, the fat, and the blood, you broke My covenant with all your abominations.

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    11For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD.

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    16because they rejected my ordinances, did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their hearts followed after their idols.

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    17I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

    18Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster upon us and upon this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!"

  • Jer 7:30
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    30For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my name to defile it.

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    30These things will be done to you because you prostituted yourself to the nations, defiling yourself with their idols.

  • Isa 43:28
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    28So I will disgrace the officials of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to destruction and Israel to scorn.

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    20And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

  • Jer 19:4
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    4For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

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    21But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.

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    14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the house of the LORD, which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.

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    12Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.

    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.

  • Ezek 44:12-13
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    12Because they served them before their idols and caused the house of Israel to stumble into iniquity, therefore I have lifted My hand against them, declares the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their punishment.

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  • Ezek 20:27
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    27Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

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    6He has violently done away with his dwelling, as if it were a garden, destroying his appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused Zion to forget its appointed times and Sabbaths. In his fierce anger, he has despised king and priest alike.

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    21You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.

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  • Ezek 7:21
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    21I will give it into the hands of foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.

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    7How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.

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    4Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and have done violence to the law.

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    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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