King James Version
Ezekiel 23:38 in the King James Version says “Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 23:38 · KJV
The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; judge: or, plead for
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.
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
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.
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, to come: Heb. coming
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properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“Moreover this they have done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“unto me they have defiled”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“my sanctuary”
H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum
“in the same day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and have 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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