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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 23:38 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Eze 23:38 |
King James |
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the same day--On the very day that they had burned their children to Molech in the valley of Gehenna, they shamelessly and hypocritically presented themselves as worshippers in Jehovah's temple (Jer 7:9-10). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The same day - The day when they made their offerings. See Eze 23:39. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
In the same day - When they had newly polluted themselves with idolatry and murder, they thrust into the temple. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They have defiled my sanctuary - By placing idols there. |
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
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.