Ezekiel 22:8

Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

In Context

7In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

9In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:30Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:20and hallow My sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Ezekiel 20:24because they had not executed Mine ordinances, but had rejected My statutes, and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

Ezekiel 23:38Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled My sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths.

Malachi 1:6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is My honour? and if I be a master, where is My fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: 'Wherein have we despised Thy name?'

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:2-17

The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 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 herself. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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