Ezekiel 5:11

“Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord God, &c.] This is a form of an oath, and shows that what is after said should certainly be done; God would not repent of it, nor revoke it: surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary, with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations: that is, with their idols and idolatrous worship, which were detestable and abominable to the Lord; so Manasseh not only built altars for Baal in the house of the Lord, but set up in it a graven image of the grove, (<122103>2 Kings 21:3,4,7); therefore will I also diminish [thee]; as they lessened his glory by such abominable actions, so he threatens that he would lessen their privileges and blessings; as…”

“as I five--the most solemn of oaths, pledging the self-existence of God for the certainty of the event. defiled my sanctuary--the climax of Jewish guilt: their defiling Jehovah's temple by introducing idols. diminish--literally "withdraw," namely, Mine "eye" (which presently follows), that is, My favors; Job 36:7 uses the Hebrew verb in the same way. As the Jews had withdrawn from God's sanctuary its sacredness by "defiling" it, so God withdraws His countenance from them. The significance of the expression lies in the allusion to Deu 4:2, "Ye shall not diminish aught from the word which I command you"; they had done so, therefore God diminishes them. The reading found in six manuscripts, "I…”

“Sanctuary - My temple. Detestable things - Thy idols. Ezekiel 5:13”

“as I live: Num 14:28-35; Psa 95:11; Amo 8:7; Heb 6:13 thou hast: Eze 8:5, Eze 8:6, Eze 8:16, Eze 23:28, Eze 44:7; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7, Kg2 23:12; Ch2 33:4, Ch2 33:7, Ch2 36:14; Jer 7:9-11, Jer 32:34 detestable: Eze 7:20, Eze 11:18, Eze 11:21; Deu 7:25, Deu 7:26; Jer 16:18, Jer 44:4 will I: Eze 29:15; Psa 107:39; Jer 10:24 \*marg. Rom 11:12 neither shall: Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 8:18, Eze 9:5, Eze 9:10, Eze 24:14; Deu 29:20; Lam 2:21; Zac 11:6; Mal 3:17; Rom 8:32, Rom 11:21; Pe2 2:4, Pe2 2:5 Ezekiel 5:12”