Ezekiel 8:6

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here to cause me to go far away from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

Ezekiel 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:6

He said furthermore unto me, son of man
He continued his speech to the prophet, saying seest thou what they do?
the idolatrous Jews, who had set up a graven image at the northern gate of the court, where the altar was, and were sacrificing to it: [even] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here;
for to set up an idol where he was, and an altar by his altar, and to sacrifice to Baal, and not to him, or to Baal along with him, or besides him, or to any other idol, were very abominable to the Lord: even to such a degree, that I should go far from my sanctuary?
be obliged to leave it, not being able to bear such abominable idolatries: or, "that they should go far from my sanctuary" ^F21; depart from the true worship and service of it, and fall into idolatry: but turn thee yet again;
from the north to the south it may be; however, to some other part of the temple: [and] thou shalt see greater abominations;
or, "great abominations" {w}; for there is no necessity of rendering it "greater": but the meaning is, that he should see other great abominations besides what he had seen, than which there could not be anything well greater.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yvdqm lem hqxrl) "ut longius recedant, [vel] abeant, [sub.] Israelitae a sauctuario meo", Vatablus; and to this sense are the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; "ad longe recedendum", Cocceius.
F23 (twldg twbewt) "abominationes magnas", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Piscator, Cocceius. Starckius.

Ezekiel 8:6 In-Context

4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there like the vision that I saw in the plain.

5 Then he said unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here to cause me to go far away from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall; and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door.