Ezekiel 22:16

And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, literally, "thou shalt be profaned in thyself before the eyes of time heathen," all of them being witnesses of the shameful plight and degradation of Judah on account of her sins, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. The shame and disgrace which are heaped upon the sinner in the eyes of the witnesses of his downfall should at least be one point which he ought to keep in mind to deter him from further sinning.