Ezekiel 8:9

9 And he said to me, Enter thou, and see the worst abominations, which these men do 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 led me within to the door of the foreyard; and I saw, and lo! one hole in the wall. (And he led me within to the entrance of the courtyard; and I saw, and lo! a hole in the wall.)
8 And he said to me, Son of man, dig thou (in) the wall; and when I had digged (in) the wall, one door appeared.
9 And he said to me, Enter thou, and see the worst abominations, which these men do here.
10 And I entered, and saw; and lo! each likeness of reptiles, either creeping beasts, and abominations of beasts, and all [the] idols of the house of Israel, were painted in the wall all about in compass (were painted on the walls all around).
11 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood; and Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, stood in the midst of them, standing before the paintings; and each man had a censer in his hand, and the smoke of a cloud of incense went up.
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