Ezekiel 23:36 - Exposition

As often, Ezekiel emphasizes by reiteration, begins yet a fresh discourse with the same words, wilt thou judge , as in Ezekiel 20:4 and Ezekiel 22:2 , and enters on another summary of the sins of the two harlot sisters, in which Moloch-worship (Verse 37) and sabbath-breaking (Verse 38) were conspicuous elements. The nature of the guilt is emphasized (Verses 38, 39) by the fact that the idolatrous ritual was performed on the very day in which the people sacrificed in the temple; that it found a local habitation even there (comp. Ezekiel 8:17 ; 2 Kings 21:1-26 .; Jeremiah 32:34 ).