King James Version
Ezekiel 22:8 in the King James Version says “Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 22:8 · KJV
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. power: Heb. arm
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. oppression: or, deceit
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. that: Heb. of slanders
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and hast profaned”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
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