Ezekiel 23:38-39

Ezekiel 23:38-39

[38] Moreover this they have done  unto me: they have defiled  my sanctuary  in the same day,  and have profaned  my sabbaths.  [39] For when they had slain  their children  to their idols,  then they came  the same day  into my sanctuary  to profane  it; and, lo, thus have they done  in the midst  of mine house. 

What does Ezekiel 23:38-39 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

They also made the temple unclean (cf. Exodus 20:24-26) and treated the Sabbath as any other day of the week (cf. Exodus 20:8-11; Leviticus 19:3; Leviticus 19:30). On the same days that they practiced child sacrifice they entered the temple to worship Yahweh. This amounted to treating Molech and Yahweh as though they were equal.