Ezequiel 8:6

6 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, ¿no ves lo que éstos hacen, las grandes abominaciones que la Casa de Israel hace aquí, para alejarme de mi Santuario? Mas vuélvete aún, y verás abominaciones mayores

Ezequiel 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:6

He said furthermore unto me, son of man
He continued his speech to the prophet, saying seest thou what they do?
the idolatrous Jews, who had set up a graven image at the northern gate of the court, where the altar was, and were sacrificing to it: [even] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here;
for to set up an idol where he was, and an altar by his altar, and to sacrifice to Baal, and not to him, or to Baal along with him, or besides him, or to any other idol, were very abominable to the Lord: even to such a degree, that I should go far from my sanctuary?
be obliged to leave it, not being able to bear such abominable idolatries: or, "that they should go far from my sanctuary" ^F21; depart from the true worship and service of it, and fall into idolatry: but turn thee yet again;
from the north to the south it may be; however, to some other part of the temple: [and] thou shalt see greater abominations;
or, "great abominations" {w}; for there is no necessity of rendering it "greater": but the meaning is, that he should see other great abominations besides what he had seen, than which there could not be anything well greater.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yvdqm lem hqxrl) "ut longius recedant, [vel] abeant, [sub.] Israelitae a sauctuario meo", Vatablus; and to this sense are the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; "ad longe recedendum", Cocceius.
F23 (twldg twbewt) "abominationes magnas", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Piscator, Cocceius. Starckius.

Ezequiel 8:6 In-Context

4 Y he aquí, allí estaba la gloria del Dios de Israel, como la visión que yo había visto en el campo

5 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, alza ahora tus ojos camino del aquilón. Y alcé mis ojos camino del aquilón, y he aquí al aquilón, junto a la puerta del altar, la imagen del celo en la entrada

6 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, ¿no ves lo que éstos hacen, las grandes abominaciones que la Casa de Israel hace aquí, para alejarme de mi Santuario? Mas vuélvete aún, y verás abominaciones mayores

7 Y me llevó a la entrada del atrio, y miré, y he aquí un agujero que estaba en la pared

8 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, cava ahora en la pared. Y cavé en la pared, y he aquí una puerta