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Ezekiel 22:26

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.

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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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָko.ha.Nei.hapriests itsH3548 →
חָמְס֣וּcha.me.Suthey have done violence toH2554 →
תוֹרָתִי֮to.ra.Tilaw myH8451 →
וַיְחַלְּל֣וּvay.cha.le.Luand they have profanedH2490 →
קָדָשַׁי֒ka.da.Shaiholy things myH6944 →
בֵּֽין־bein-betweenH996 →
קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desha holy thingH6944 →
לְחֹל֙le.Choland a profane thingH2455 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הִבְדִּ֔ילוּhiv.Di.luthey have made a distinctionH914 →
וּבֵין־u.vein-and betweenH996 →
הַטָּמֵ֥אha.ta.Me'<the> unclean [thing]H2931 →
לְטָה֖וֹרle.ta.Horand a clean [thing]H2889 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הוֹדִ֑יעוּho.Di.'uthey have made knownH3045 →
וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙u.mi.sha.be.to.Taiand from sabbaths myH7676 →
הֶעְלִ֣ימוּhe'.Li.muthey have hiddenH5956 →
עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם'ei.nei.Hemeyes theirH5869 →
וָאֵחַ֖לva.'e.Chaland I have been profanedH2490 →
בְּתוֹכָֽם׃be.to.Khamin midst of themH8432 →

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Malachi 1:6“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?’Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,Ezekiel 22:8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.Ezekiel 44:23They 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.Malachi 2:8But 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.Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.Ezekiel 42:20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.Micah 3:11–12Her 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.”1 Samuel 2:12–17Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORDJeremiah 2:8The 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.Ezekiel 44:10Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.Jeremiah 15:19Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.Ezekiel 36:20And 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.’1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Ezekiel 44:24In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.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?’Jeremiah 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

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