Ezekiel 23:37

For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery with their devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore to me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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 them.

In Context

36And the Lord said to me, Son of man, will you not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities?

38So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:21And you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:31You shall not do so to your God; for they have sacrificed + 12:31 Gr. in, or, among. to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

2 Kings 21:6And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made + 21:6 Lit. peculiar places cut off. groves, and multiplied + 21:6 Alex. θελητὴν. wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 24:4Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not + 24:4 Gr. be propitiated. pardon it.

Isaiah 1:15When you⌃ stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and though you⌃ make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 7:9and you⌃ murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom you⌃ know not,

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:37-49

Israel and Judah Accused; Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 591.) 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 them. 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have… Read the whole commentary →

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