Ezekiel 23:39

39. The same day This was an especial insult to Jehovah. The sacrilegious irreverence of these pretended worshipers of Jehovah is seen in the fact that they do not even repent of such practices, but unblushingly enter the holy place. This proved that they neither obeyed nor feared the Lord of the house ( Eze 8:17 ; 2 Kings 21:4; Jeremiah 32:34).

Jerusalem has become like the prostitutes of the heathen temple, who seek visitors from afar (see Ezekiel 23:16); who bathe themselves, and paint their eyes with kohl to make them look large and bright, who bedeck themselves with jewels (Ezekiel 23:40), and use the sacred incense and oil as attractions for their bed of lust (Ezekiel 23:41). The revelations of Jerusalem life given elsewhere by Ezekiel and other prophets prove that this was not all metaphor, nor does it refer merely to political alliances. The prevalence of idolatry in Jerusalem, and even in the temple itself, proves the presence of these other shameless iniquities. No wonder the prophet calls the holy city a harlot, and speaks in words that cut to the quick against practices which strike at the roots of all social and family life (Ezekiel 23:40-44).