Ezekiel 23:39 meaning and explanation

On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.

Ezekiel 23:39, Berean Standard Bible

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Ezekiel 23 is a long allegory in which the prophet, speaking God's word to the exiles in Babylon, pictures Samaria and Jerusalem as two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, whose political alliances and idolatry are described as adultery. Verse 39 charges them with doing this on the very same day: they sacrificed children to idols and then entered the temple to worship.

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