Ezekiel 8:8

8 et dixit ad me fili hominis fode parietem et cum perfodissem parietem apparuit ostium unum

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 et dixit ad me fili hominis putasne vides tu quid isti faciant abominationes magnas quas domus Israhel facit hic ut procul recedam a sanctuario meo et adhuc conversus videbis abominationes maiores
7 et introduxit me ad ostium atrii et vidi et ecce foramen unum in pariete
8 et dixit ad me fili hominis fode parietem et cum perfodissem parietem apparuit ostium unum
9 et dixit ad me ingredere et vide abominationes pessimas quas isti faciunt hic
10 et ingressus vidi et ecce omnis similitudo reptilium et animalium abominatio et universa idola domus Israhel depicta erant in pariete in circuitu per totum
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