“They have committed
Adultery.
Blood is
On their hands.
With their idols,
They have committed
Adultery.
They have even offered up
To them
For food
The children
Whom they had borne
To me.
Moreover
This they have done
To me.
They have defiled
My sanctuary
On the same day.
They have profaned
My Sabbath.
When they had slaughtered
Their children
For their idols,
On the same day,
They came
Into my sanctuary
To profane it.
This is what they did
In my house.”
Yahweh explains to Ezekiel about the adulterous behavior of these two sisters, particularly Jerusalem. They had turned to idol images instead of Yahweh. Thus they have committed adultery. Blood was on their hands because of their idol worship. They had even offered up Israelite children for food for these idols. Not only did they sacrifice their own children, but on the same day they defiled the sanctuary of the Temple and profaned the Sabbath. They had slaughtered their own children for their idols. What kind of adulterous behavior was this?
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 