Ezekiel 8:8

8 He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

Ezekiel 8:8 in Other Translations

8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

8 Then he said to me, "Son of man, dig in the wall." So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.

8 He said to me, “Now, son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and found a hidden doorway.

8 He said, "Son of man, dig through the wall." I dug through the wall and came upon a door.

8 He said to me, "Son of man, dig through the wall." So I dug through the wall, and there was a doorway.

Ezekiel 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:8

Then said he unto me, son of man, dig now in the wall
And so make the hole larger; that he might have a fuller view of what was to be seen within the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door;
an opening, by which he could go into the cell or chamber, and take a full view of what was to be seen there. All this was visionary, for in reality the prophet did not dig, nor could he, not having anything to dig with; but so things appeared to his mind in the vision: first a little hole, by which he could discern there was a room; then, by making use of some means, a large door appeared, at which there was an entrance into it.

Ezekiel 8:8 In-Context

6 And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.”

7 Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.

8 He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

9 And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.”

10 So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.