Ezekiel 8:5-16 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:12

Then said he unto me, son of man, hast thou seen ,.... Here should be a stop, as the accent "segolta" shows; hast thou taken notice of, hast thou considered, what thou hast seen, the amazing shocking abominations committed by these men? it follows, and the question is to be repeated, "hast thou seen" what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark ? their deeds being evil, such as will not bear the light, of which they had reason to be ashamed before men; and which they imagined... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13

He said also unto me, turn thee yet again ,.... Towards the north, as before; See Gill on Ezekiel 8:6 ; and thou shall see greater abominations that they do ; or: "the great abominations"; for so the words may be strictly rendered; nor does it appear that what follows, though great abominations, were greater than the creeping things, four footed beasts, and other idols, or dunghill gods, portrayed upon the walls, which the elders of Israel burnt incense to. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:14

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house, which was towards the north ,.... By "the Lord's house" no doubt is meant the temple, which the Targum here calls the house of the sanctuary of the Lord; that gate of the temple (for the temple had several gates) which was to the north was the gate called Teri or Tedi, and was very little used F25 Misn. Middot, c. 5. sect. 3. . In this part of the temple were the sacrifices offered; and therefore it was the greater... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:15

Then said he unto me, hast thou seen this , O son of man ?.... 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 תועבות גדלות מאלה "abominationes magnas praeter istas", Calvin. . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house ,.... The court of the priests, where they offered sacrifice, and into which none might come but themselves: and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar ; the porch that led into the temple, and the brasen altar, the altar of burnt offerings, which was a very sacred place, and reckoned more holy than the court of the priests F7 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 7. fol. 184. 4. . were about... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

A hole in the wall - This we find was not large enough to see what was doing within; and the prophet is directed to dig, and make it larger, Ezekiel 8:8 ; and when he had done so and entered, he says: - read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:10

And saw - every form of creeping things - It is very likely that these images pourtrayed on the wall were the objects of Egyptian adoration: the ox, the ape, the dog, the crocodile, the ibis, the scarabaeus or beetle, and various other things. It appears that these were privately worshipped by the sanhedrin or great Jewish council, consisting of seventy or seventy-two persons, six chosen out of every tribe, as representatives of the people. The images were pourtrayed upon the wall, as we... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan - Shaphan was a scribe, or what some call comptroller of the temple, in the days of Josiah; and Jaazaniah his son probably succeeded him in this office. He was at the head of this band of idolaters. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:14

There sat women weeping for Tammuz - This was Adonis, as we have already seen; and so the Vulgate here translates. My old MS. Bible reads, There saten women, mornynge a mawmete of lecherye that is cleped Adonrdes. He is fabled to have been a beautiful youth beloved by Venus, and killed by a wild boar in Mount Lebanon, whence springs the river Adonis, which was fabled to run blood at his festival in August. The women of Phoenicia, Assyria, and Judea worshipped him as dead, with deep... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Five and twenty men - These most probably represented the twenty-four courses of the priests, with the high priest for the twenty-fifth. This was the Persian worship, as their turning their faces to the east plainly shows they were worshipping the rising sun. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

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