Ezekiel 8:9

9 And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.

Ezekiel 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:9

And he said unto me, go in
Into the room or chamber the door opened into: and behold the wicked abominations they do here;
the idolatries there committed, wicked in themselves, and abominable to God.

Ezekiel 8:9 In-Context

7 And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.
8 And he said to me, "Son of man, dig now through the wall." And I dug through the wall, and look! There was a doorway.
9 And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.
10 And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures and detestable beasts; [and] all of the idols of the house of Israel [were] carved on the wall {all around}.
11 And seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, [was] standing in the midst of them, [and] [they were] standing {before them}. Each [one] [had] his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the cloud of the incense [was] going up.

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