Ezekiel 8:13

13 Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.”

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Ezekiel 8:13 in Other Translations

KJV

13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

ESV

13 He said also to me, "You will see still greater abominations that they commit."

NLT

13 Then the LORD added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”

MSG

13 Then he said, "You're going to see worse yet."

CSB

13 Again He said to me, "You will see even greater abominations, which they are committing."

Ezekiel 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:13

He said also unto me, turn thee yet again
Towards the north, as before; (See Gill on Ezekiel 8:6); [and] thou shall see greater abominations that they do;
or: "the great abominations"; for so the words may be strictly rendered; nor does it appear that what follows, though great abominations, were greater than the creeping things, four footed beasts, and other idols, or dunghill gods, portrayed upon the walls, which the elders of Israel burnt incense to.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 8:13 In-Context

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.

12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’ ”

13 Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.”

14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz.

15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”