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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

Verse 7 Here now the Prophet is brought to another place, where another kind of abomination is shown. If an idol had been erected in some recess of the temple only, even that impiety when joined with sacrilege could not have been borne. But when all parts of the temple were contaminated with such filth, hence we collect that the people was utterly desperate. For the Prophet says, that he was led into a more secret place, and since there was a hole there, he dug it by God’s command, so that it... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Verse 11 He says also, that seventy elders of the house of Israel made incense for their idols I do not think that the seventy who were chosen for ruling the people are referred to here, though I suppose the Prophet to allude to this number. For we know that from the beginning seventy were set over the people, and were chosen from each tribe, and were united together. But with regard to this place, I think the number seventy is used of those whom, although they were not prefects, they called... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

Verse 12 Again God questions his servant: we have explained the reason — that he may pass sentence as a judge on his own people, whence it may be more clearly evident that those who had provoked God were unworthy of any pardon. Thou seest, says he, what the elders do? Through a feeling of honor he does not here name these elders of the house of Israel, but rather reproves their ingratitude, because they so drive others with them into alliance with their impiety. For elders ought to show the way... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:13

Verse 13 He now mentions the third kind of idolatry by which the Jews polluted the temple; for this was a kind of sin peculiar to females; and we know that they were always more addicted to such wickedness. Satan, indeed, fascinates men always more than enough, but in women recklessness reigned more than superstition. They had therefore a female worship in bewailing Thammuz. Who Thammuz was is uncertain. Jerome translates it Adonis, and Adonis was beloved by Venus, as the poets trifle; and when... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:15

Verse 15 Here the Prophet refers to another profanation of the temple, since the chief citizens of Jerusalem and those who ought to point out the way to others, prostituted themselves to impious worship, lie says, therefore, that he saw about five and twenty men, and it is probable, that there were as many as this among the first rank of citizens. But a certain number is put for an uncertain, and I think that the Prophet. was not so scrupulous on this point, or rather the Spirit of God, who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-6

The vision of the image of jealousy. "And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month," etc. This and the following three chapters are one discourse, or the record of one vision. In this chapter we see how the prophet was transported in spirit to the temple at Jerusalem, and caused to behold the open and the secret idolatrous abominations of which the people of Israel were guilty. Several portions of these verses have already engaged our attention in other connections. Moreover, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-16

Gradual disclosure of human sin. The prophet notes the exact date of the vision, so that, if any doubt arose, the circumstance could be verified, so long as any one of these elders survived. These details of day and month may seem to many readers needless and tedious; yet, in an earlier day, they probably served an important purpose, and may be again useful in a future age. Even now they demonstrate with what diligent care the prophet preserved the records of Divine manifestations. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:4-5

And, behold, etc. In appalling contrast with that "image of jealousy," Ezekiel saw what he had not seen, as he first became conscious that he was in the court of the temple—the vision of the Divine glory, such as he had seen it on the banks of Chebar ( Ezekiel 1:4-28 ). He was to look first on this picture and then on that, and the guilt of Judah was measured by that contrast. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:4-5

The glory of God and the image of jealousy. In prophetic vision Ezekiel was transported from the place of exile to his country's metropolis, and to the temple which was the very centre of his people's religious observances. It may not be certain whether what in this vision he discerned actually took place, or whether the vision was representative and symbolical of what was occurring elsewhere in Judah and even in Jerusalem. But what an extraordinary juxtaposition and contrast is that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:6

That I should go far off, etc. The lesson taught was that already implied in the fact that the glorious vision and come to him from the north ( Ezekiel 1:4 ). The temple was already as a God-deserted shrine. His return to it now was but the coming of the Judge and the Destroyer. We are reminded of the ΄εταβαίνωμεν ἔντευθεν , ("Let us depart hence"), which was heard in the darkness of the night before the later destruction of Jerusalem (Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.' 6.5.3) Bad begins, but... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:6

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