Ezekiel 22:8 Cross References

Ezekiel 22:8

8: Inside your walls you despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.

"But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my laws there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my instructions even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the desert.

Then after doing these terrible things, they defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
On the very day that they murdered their children in front of their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house!

Your priests have violated my laws and defiled my holy things. To them there is no difference between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that my holy name is greatly dishonored among them.

because they did not obey my laws. They scorned my instructions by violating my Sabbath days and longing for the idols of their ancestors.

"But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my laws and follow my instructions, even though obeying them would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!
You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.
And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

"But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it's all right to defile the Lord's table.

The LORD Almighty says to the priests: "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. I am your father and master, but where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have despised my name! "But you ask, `How have we ever despised your name?'
"You have despised my name by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar. "Then you ask, `How have we defiled the sacrifices?'"You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect.
When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn't that wrong? And isn't it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!" says the LORD Almighty.

"Keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence toward my sanctuary, for I am the LORD.

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