Lexicon :: Strong's G953 - bebēloō

“Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people.

“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire[fn] to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

“Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

“Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God; I am the LORD.

“Do not debase[fn] your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

“I will turn[fn] against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

“They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the food offerings to the LORD, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

“If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[fn] she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.

“He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.

“He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

“But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate my holy places, for I am the LORD who sets them apart.”

“Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to me, so they do not profane my holy name; I am the LORD.

“They must keep my instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am the LORD who sets them apart.

“The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the LORD

“You must not profane my holy name; I must be treated as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sets you apart,

“You will not incur guilt because of it once you have presented the best part of it, but you must not defile the Israelites’ holy offerings, so that you will not die.”

While Israel was staying in the Acacia Grove,[fn] the people began to prostitute themselves with the women of Moab.

“When a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.

I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil you are doing ​— ​profaning the Sabbath day?

His ways are always secure;[fn]

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;[fn]

he scoffs at all his adversaries.

My friend acts violently

against those at peace with him;

he violates his covenant.

They set your sanctuary on fire;

they utterly[fn] desecrated

the dwelling place of your name.

“if they dishonor my statutes

and do not keep my commands,

“I will not violate my covenant

or change what my lips have said.

You have repudiated the covenant with your servant;

you have completely dishonored his crown.[fn]

“I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own,

for how can I[fn] be defiled?

I will not give my glory to another.

Happy is the person who does this,

the son of man who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

“As for the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD

to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,

and to become his servants —

all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it

and who hold firmly to my covenant —

“I will first repay them double for their iniquity and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.”

“But you have changed your minds and profaned my name. Each has taken back his male and female slaves who had been set free to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up

all the dwellings of Jacob.

In his wrath he has demolished

the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.

He brought them to the ground

and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.

I will hand these things over

to foreigners as plunder

and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,

and they will profane them.

“You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.

“But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.

“ ‘But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and they rejected my ordinances ​— ​the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned my Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

“because they rejected my ordinances, profaned my Sabbaths, and did not follow my statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.

“ ‘But the children rebelled against me. They did not follow my statutes or carefully keep my ordinances ​— ​the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned my Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them and exhausting my anger against them in the wilderness.

“For they did not practice my ordinances but rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

“ ‘As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to me, and you will no longer defile my holy name with your gifts and idols.

“You will know that I am the LORD, house of Israel, when I have dealt with you for the sake of my name rather than according to your evil ways and corrupt acts. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’ ”

“You despise my holy things and profane my Sabbaths.

“Her priests do violence to my instruction and profane my holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They close their eyes to my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

“They also did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary on that same day and profaned my Sabbaths.