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Ezekiel 8:5-16

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5 Then he said to me, 1"Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of 2the altar gate, in the entrance, was this 3image of jealousy.
6 And he said to me, "Son of man, 4do you see what they are doing, 5the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, 6to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations."
7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
8 Then he said to me, "Son of man, 7dig in the wall." So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.
9 And he said to me, "Go in, and see 8the vile abominations that they are committing here."
10 So I went in and saw. And there, 9engraved on the wall all around, was 10every form of 11creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
11 And before them stood 12seventy men of 13the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of 14Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and 15the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.
12 Then he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing 16in the dark, each 17in his room of pictures? For they say, 18'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.'"
13 He said also to me, 19"You will see still greater abominations that they commit."
14 Then he brought me to 20the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O 21son of man? 22You will see still greater abominations than these."
16 And he brought me into 23the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, 24between the 25porch and 26the altar, were about twenty-five men, 27with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping 28the sun toward the east.
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Ezekiel 8:5-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 8

This chapter contains a vision the prophet had of the idolatry of the Jews, which was the cause of their destruction. The time when, place, where, and persons with whom he was, when the hand of the Lord came upon him, are mentioned, Eze 8:1; then follows a description of the divine Person that appeared to him, Eze 8:2; and an account is given how he was in a visionary way brought to Jerusalem, and to the temple, where he saw the glory of the God of Israel, and the idolatry of the people, Eze 8:3,4; which latter was gradually represented to him; first the image of jealousy in the entry at the gate of the altar northward, Eze 8:5; then greater abominations through a hole in the wall, by which he saw their idols, in the form of reptiles and four footed beasts, portrayed on the wall, Eze 8:6-10; next seventy of the ancients of Israel, among whom were one mentioned by name, offering incense to these idols, Eze 8:11,12; after this, greater abominations still are showed him, at the north of the temple, women weeping for Tammuz, Eze 8:13,14; and then again far greater ones, twenty five men, between the porch and the altar, with their backs to the temple, and their face to the east, worshipping the sun, and putting the branch to the nose, Eze 8:15-17; wherefore it is reasoned to deal with them in fury, without any mercy, pity, and compassion, Eze 8:18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 28

  • 1. See Ezekiel 2:1
  • 2. See ver. 16
  • 3. [See ver. 3 above]
  • 4. [Ezekiel 47:6]
  • 5. See Ezekiel 5:11
  • 6. [Ezekiel 10:18, 19]
  • 7. [Ezekiel 12:5]
  • 8. See Ezekiel 5:11
  • 9. Ezekiel 23:14
  • 10. See Exodus 20:4
  • 11. Leviticus 11:20; Romans 1:23
  • 12. [Exodus 24:1; Numbers 11:16]
  • 13. See ver. 1
  • 14. 2 Chronicles 34:8
  • 15. [Ezekiel 6:13]
  • 16. [ver. 7]
  • 17. [ver. 10]
  • 18. Ezekiel 9:9; Psalms 10:11; Isaiah 29:15
  • 19. ver. 6
  • 20. ver. 3
  • 21. [See ver. 5 above]
  • 22. [See ver. 13 above]
  • 23. Ezekiel 10:3; Ezekiel 40:28; Ezekiel 43:5; Ezekiel 45:19; Ezekiel 46:1; 1 Kings 6:36
  • 24. Joel 2:17
  • 25. 1 Kings 6:3
  • 26. ver. 5; Ezekiel 40:47; Exodus 40:6, 29; [Ezekiel 9:2]
  • 27. [Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33]
  • 28. See Jeremiah 8:2
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