Ezekiel 8:8-12 WEB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

In the dark - Hidden in the secret places which the seer dug through the wall to discover.Chambers of his imagery - i. e., chambers painted with images. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:7-11

Ezekiel 8:7-11. And he brought me to the door of the court This, Dr. Lightfoot understands of the east gate of the inner court, called the gate of Nicanor, over which was the council chamber, where the sanhedrim used to meet, and in some of the rooms near it they secretly practised idolatry, as God discovered to the prophet, Ezekiel 8:11. Behold a hole in the wall Through which I could look in, and see what abominations were committing there. Then he said, Dig now in the wall This,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:12

Ezekiel 8:12 . Hast thou seen what the ancients do in the dark Do secretly; every man in the chambers of his imagery Chambers so very private, that the prophet is described as obliged to dig a hole through the wall before he could discover their idolatrous practices. For they say, The Lord seeth us not They either deny the being and providence of God, (Ezekiel 9:9,) or they say in their hearts, God hath cast us off, and withdrawn his wonted protection from us. They seem to have been of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 8:10

abominable. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 7:0 and Leviticus 11:0 ). Elsewhere only in Isaiah 66:17 . App-92 . beasts. This animal = worship was part of Egyptian idolatry. idols = manufactured gods. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:11

seventy. The number of the elders. See Numbers 11:18 . 2 Chronicles 19:8 . Jeremiah 26:17 , men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . ancients = elders. Contrast Exodus 24:1 , &c. Jaazaniah. His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 22:8 , &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah ( Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24 ; and Gemariah, Ezekiel 36:10 , Ezekiel 36:25 ). Another Jaazaniah is mentioned in Ezekiel 11:1 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:12

in the dark. This was a special feature of this animal idolatry. The LORD seeth us not : or, there is no Jehovah seeing us. Compare Ezekiel 9:9 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:7-12

Ezekiel 8:7-12.— He brought me to the door] The first inference which may be drawn from these words is, that the superstition here described was Egyptian. This appears from its objects being the gods peculiar to Egypt: every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, Eze 8:10 which in another verse the same prophet calls, with great propriety and elegance, the abominations of the eyes of the Israelites, chap. Ezekiel 20:7-8. The second inference is, that they contain a very lively and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

Ezekiel 8:12. In the dark— Hence Milton says of Ezekiel with great propriety, By the vision led, His eye survey'd the dark idolatries of alienated Judah. PARADISE LOST, i. 455. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

8. dig—for it had been blocked up during Josiah's reformation. Or rather, the vision is not of an actual scene, but an ideal pictorial representation of the Egyptian idolatries into which the covenant-people had relapsed, practising them in secret places where they shrank from the light of day [FAIRBAIRN], ( :-). But compare, as to the literal introduction of idolatries into the temple, Ezekiel 5:11; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 32:34. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:7-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 8:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:7-12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

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

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