Ezekiel 8:9

9 And he said to me, "Go in, and see 1the vile abominations that 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.

Ezekiel 8:9 In-Context

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, dig 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 the vile abominations that they are committing here."
10 So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
11 And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.

Cross References 1

  • 1. See Ezekiel 5:11
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