Ezekiel 23:39
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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.
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Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
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.”