Ezekiel 22:8
New International Version
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

New Living Translation
You despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.

English Standard Version
You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

Berean Standard Bible
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

King James Bible
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

New King James Version
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

New American Standard Bible
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

NASB 1995
“You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

NASB 1977
“You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

Amplified Bible
You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.

Christian Standard Bible
You despise my holy things and profane my Sabbaths.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.

American Standard Version
Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Contemporary English Version
You show no respect for my sacred places and treat the Sabbath just like any other day.

English Revised Version
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have despised my holy things and dishonored the day to worship me.

Good News Translation
You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath.

International Standard Version
"'"You have despised my sacred things and profaned my Sabbaths.

Majority Standard Bible
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

NET Bible
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

New Heart English Bible
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

World English Bible
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You have despised My holy things, "" And you have defiled My Sabbaths.

Young's Literal Translation
My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou didst despise my holy place, and thou didst profane my Sabbaths.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast despised my sanctuaries, and profaned my sabbaths.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have spurned my sanctuaries, and you have defiled my Sabbaths.

New American Bible
What I consider holy you have rejected, and my sabbaths you have desecrated.

New Revised Standard Version
You have despised my holy things, and profaned my sabbaths.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You have despised my holy things and have profaned my sabbaths.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And my holy things you have despised, and my Sabbaths you have profaned
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my sabbaths.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Sins of Jerusalem
7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. 8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. 9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.…

Cross References
Leviticus 19:30
You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 26:2
You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.

Isaiah 56:6
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”

Nehemiah 13:17-18
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? / Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”

Malachi 1:6-8
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ / By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. / When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 2:8-9
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. / “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

2 Chronicles 36:14
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 1:13-14
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. / I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Amos 2:7-8
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

Matthew 23:16-19
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? / And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ...

Matthew 21:12-13
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Mark 11:15-17
When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Luke 19:45-46
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

John 2:14-16
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”


Treasury of Scripture

You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22:26
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.

Ezekiel 20:13,21,24
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them…

Ezekiel 23:38,39
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths…

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Ezekiel 22
1. A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence
17. God will burn them as dross in his furnace
23. The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people














You have despised
The Hebrew root for "despised" is "בָּזָה" (bazah), which conveys a sense of contempt or disdain. In the context of Ezekiel, this word indicates a deliberate rejection and undervaluing of what is sacred. Historically, Israel's leaders and people had turned away from God's commandments, showing a lack of reverence for His laws. This attitude reflects a heart hardened against divine instruction, a theme prevalent throughout the prophetic books. The call here is for introspection and repentance, urging believers to hold God's commands in the highest regard.

My holy things
The phrase "My holy things" refers to the sacred objects, rituals, and practices that were set apart for worship and service to God. In the Hebrew context, "holy" (קָדוֹשׁ, qadosh) signifies something consecrated and dedicated to the Lord. The Israelites were entrusted with the stewardship of these holy things, which included the temple, sacrifices, and priestly duties. By despising these, they not only disrespected the physical symbols of their faith but also the covenant relationship with God. This serves as a reminder for Christians to honor and preserve the sanctity of their worship and relationship with God.

and profaned
The Hebrew word for "profaned" is "חָלַל" (chalal), meaning to defile or treat something sacred as common. This term underscores the severity of Israel's actions, as they took what was meant to be holy and treated it with irreverence. Profaning the sacred is a direct violation of God's commands and reflects a spiritual decay. For believers today, this is a caution against allowing secular influences to dilute the purity of their faith and practices.

My Sabbaths
The Sabbath, or "שַׁבָּת" (shabbat) in Hebrew, is a day of rest and worship instituted by God as a sign of His covenant with Israel. It is a time set apart for spiritual renewal and reflection on God's creation and deliverance. By profaning the Sabbaths, the Israelites neglected this divine ordinance, choosing instead to pursue their own interests. This disregard for the Sabbath highlights a broader neglect of God's law and a failure to trust in His provision. For Christians, the principle of Sabbath rest remains a vital practice, encouraging a rhythm of work and rest that honors God and nurtures spiritual well-being.

Verse 8. - Mine holy things, etc. The words take in the whole range of Divine ordinances as affecting both things and persons. (For "profaning sabbaths," see Ezekiel 20:16.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You have despised
בָּזִ֑ית (bā·zîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 959: To disesteem

My holy things
קָדָשַׁ֖י (qā·ḏā·šay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

profaned
חִלָּֽלְתְּ׃ (ḥil·lā·lət)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

My Sabbaths.
שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י (šab·bə·ṯō·ṯay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath


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