Ezekiel 8:8

8 And he said to me, "Son of man, dig now through the wall." And I dug through the wall, and look! There was a doorway.

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 And he said to me, "Son of man, "{Do you see} what they [are] doing--great detestable things that the house of Israel [is] committing here [so as] to drive [me] from my sanctuary, and yet {you will see again} greater detestable things."

7 And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.

8 And he said to me, "Son of man, dig now through the wall." And I dug through the wall, and look! There was a doorway.

9 And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.

10 And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures and detestable beasts; [and] all of the idols of the house of Israel [were] carved on the wall {all around}.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"
• [b] Or "please"