| Barnes' Notes on the Bible The same day - The day when they made their offerings. See Ezekiel 23:39. Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThey have defiled my sanctuary - By placing idols there. Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMoreover this they have done unto me,..... The following piece of wickedness, which was very provoking to the Lord: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day; as they caused their children to pass through the tire to their idols, by entering into the sanctuary when they had so done, and were thus defiled, and by offering sacrifices to their idols in it; or under pretence of serving the Lord, when they had just been guilty of murder and idolatry: and have profaned my sabbaths; not only by doing their own worldly and civil business, but by slaying their infants on those days, and sacrificing them to idols. Geneva Study BibleMoreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Wesley's Notes 23:38 In the same day - When they had newly polluted themselves with idolatry and murder, they thrust into the temple. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary38. the same day-On the very day that they had burned their children to Molech in the valley of Gehenna, they shamelessly and hypocritically presented themselves as worshippers in Jehovah's temple (Jer 7:9, 10). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary23:1-49 A history of the apostacy of God's people from him, and the aggravation thereof. - In this parable, Samaria and Israel bear the name Aholah, her own tabernacle; because the places of worship those kingdoms had, were of their own devising. Jerusalem and Judah bear the name of Aholibah, my tabernacle is in her, because their temple was the place which God himself had chosen, to put his name there. The language and figures are according to those times. Will not such humbling representations of nature keep open perpetual repentance and sorrow in the soul, hiding pride from our eyes, and taking us from self-righteousness? Will it not also prompt the soul to look to God continually for grace, that by his Holy Spirit we may mortify the deeds of the body, and live in holy conversation and godliness? |