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General Information:
God continues to speak through Ezekiel about the terrible things that the people of Jerusalem have done. He speaks to the people of Jerusalem as if they were the city itself, and of the city of Jerusalem as if it were a woman. The word "you" is always feminine singular.
Within you
"within this city" or "among you people of Jerusalem".
men uncover the nakedness of their father
"there are men who have sexual relations with their father's wife"
they have violated unclean women during their impurity
"They have raped unclean women during their impurity"
unclean ... impurity
A person whom God considers spiritually unacceptable or defiled is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. The word "impurity" refers to the time of the month when a woman bleeds from her womb. Women were considered to be unclean at this time.