Ezekiel 8:16 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

8:1-24:27 THE SINS OF JERUSALEMIdolatry in the temple (8:1-18)A year and two months had now passed since God called Ezekiel to be a prophet. By this time people recognized him as a prophet, and leaders among the exiles came to discuss their affairs with him (8:1; cf. 1:1-2). While the leaders were sitting talking with him, Ezekiel was suddenly caught up by the Spirit of God and taken, as it were, to Jerusalem (2-3).Ezekiel knew immediately that these visions were from God, because the first... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:16

between the porch and the altar . The place appointed for the priests. five and twenty. The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of the priests. their backs toward the temple . Because their faces were toward the sun-rising. worshipped the sun . This form of idolatry seen as early as Job 31:26 , Job 31:27 ; and foreseen in Deuteronomy 4:19 ; adopted as early as Asa (2 Chronicles 14:5 ); abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:5 , 2 Kings 23:11 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

"And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O Son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abomination which they commit here? for they have filled the land with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Ezekiel 8:16. And they worshipped the sun toward the east— This is a description of the Persian superstition. It is to be observed, that when the prophet is bid to turn from the Egyptian to the Phoenician rites, he is then said to look towards the north, the situation of Phoenicia with regard to Jerusalem; consequently he before stood southward, the situation of Egypt with regard to the same place. And when he is bid thence to turn to the inner court of the Lord's house, to see the Persian... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

16. worshipped—In the Hebrew a corrupt form is used to express Ezekiel's sense of the foul corruption of such worship. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:16

The Lord next took Ezekiel to the main entrance into the temple, to a place between the altar of burnt offerings and the temple porch. There Ezekiel saw about 25 men bowing down to the ground with their backs to the temple facing east worshipping the sun. The Mosaic Law forbade sun worship (Deuteronomy 4:19), but King Manasseh had promoted it in Judah (2 Kings 21:5). [Note: See H. G. May, "Some Aspects of Solar Worship at Jerusalem," Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 55... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:16-18

The idolatry of the priests 8:16-18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:1-18

The Idolatry of JerusalemVarious forms of idolatry, increasing in heinousness and rising to a climax, were seen practised in the precincts of the Temple. First there was the ’image of jealousy’ (Ezekiel 8:3-6), next a species of secret animal-worship (Ezekiel 8:7-12), then the lamentation of the women for Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:13-15), and lastly the worship of the sun (Ezekiel 8:16-18).1. The sixth year.. the sixth month] August-September, 591 b.c. Mine house] to which Ezekiel’s prophetic activity... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:1-25

§ 3. A Vision of Jerusalem’s Sin and Doom (Ezekiel 8-11)Date, August-September, 591 b.c.A year and two months after his call to be a prophet, Ezekiel was visited in his house by the elders of the Jewish colony at Tel-abib, and in their presence he fell into a trance, during which he was transported in spirit to Jerusalem, and witnessed, as in a dream, a remarkable drama being enacted there. The glory of God was present during this vision in the same symbolic form, and accompanied by the same... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 8:16

(16) Between the porch and the altar.—Ezekiel now returns to the court of the priests, and there sees—not about, but as it were (referring to the nature of the vision)—“twenty-five men.” These are probably the high priest and the heads of the twenty-four courses, representing the whole body of the priests, as the elders represented the whole body of the people. They were standing between the altar and the Temple, therefore in the most sacred part of the court, and there, turning their backs... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:16-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:1-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 8:16

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