Ezekiel 22:26

Sin God's holiness

²⁴ “Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’

²⁵ The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

²⁷ Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

²⁸ Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
KJV: Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
WEB: Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths. So I am profaned among them.
ASV: Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
DARBY: her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
BLB: Her priests have done violence to My law, and have profaned My holy things; between the holy [and] the profane they do not separate, and between the unclean [and] the clean they do not discern; and from My Sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, and I am profaned in their midst!

ÅB: Dets prester gjør vold på min lov og vanhelliger mine helligdommer; mellom hellig og vanhellig gjør de ingen forskjell, og de lærer ikke å skjelne mellom urent og rent; for mine sabbater lukker de sine øyne, og jeg blir vanhelliget midt iblant dem.
OTB: Hennes prester har gjort vold mot min lov og vanhelliget mine hellige ting; de skiller ikke mellom det hellige og det vanlige; de har ikke lært forskjellen mellom det urene og det rene; og de har lukket øynene for å holde mine sabbater, så jeg er vanhelliget blant dem.
B1930: Dets prester gjør vold på min lov og vanhelliger mine helligdommer; mellem hellig og vanhellig gjør de ingen forskjell, og de lærer ikke å skjelne mellem urent og rent; for mine sabbater lukker de sine øine, og jeg blir vanhelliget midt iblandt dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 10:10
You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
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Ezekiel 22:8
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
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Malachi 2:8
But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Micah 3:11–12
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
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1 Samuel 2:12–17
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
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Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
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Ezekiel 36:20
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
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