Ezekiel 8:15

15 And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? Still {you will see again} greater detestable things than these."

Ezekiel 8:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 8:15

Then said he unto me, hast thou seen [this], O son of man?
&c.] This shocking piece of idolatry, women weeping for Tammuz: turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations than
these;
or, "great abominations besides these" F6.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 (hlam twldg twbewt) "abominationes magnas praeter istas", Calvin.

Ezekiel 8:15 In-Context

13 And he said to me, "Still {you will see again} greater detestable things that they [are] doing."
14 And he brought me to the doorway of the gate of the house of Yahweh that [is] toward the north, and look! There [were] the women sitting weeping for Tammuz.
15 And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? Still {you will see again} greater detestable things than these."
16 And he brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of Yahweh, and look, [at] the doorway of the temple of Yahweh, between the portico and the altar, [there were] about twenty-five men [with] their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they [were] bowing down toward the east before the sun.
17 And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? {Was it too small a thing} for the house of Judah {to do} the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land [with] violence, and {they provoked me to anger again}, and look! They [are] putting the branch to their nose.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"
  • [b]. Literally "you will return, you will see"
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