9
He said to me, "Go in and see the terrible abominations they are committing 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.
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.
11
In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.