Son of man The combined purport of the four visions of profanation in chapter 8., is idolatry set up in the entire temple, even in the holy of holies Ezekiel 8:10; Ezekiel 8:11 women given over to phallic cults Ezekiel 8:14 and nature-worship Exodus 8:16. read more
Chapter 8Now we move into a new section of the book that is really a conclusion of his first prophesy.It came to pass now in the sixth year, and in the sixth month, and in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me ( Ezekiel 8:1 ).Ezekiel was there sitting in his house, some of the ancient men of Israel, the older men, were gathered there with him and God's Spirit came upon him.Then I beheld, and... read more
Ezekiel 8:1 . As I sat in my house the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. The time of this vision of Ezekiel is reckoned from the captivity of Jehoiachin or Jeconiah. It happened probably on the sabbath day, when the heads of houses came to hear him preach. The Messiah, or man, as the LXX read, is in all respects the same as seen in the first chapter. Ezekiel 8:2 . Lo, a likeness, as the appearance of fire. The LXX, ομοιωμα ανδρος the likeness of a man. Christ, says Junius, by... read more
Eze 8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. Ver. 5. The way toward the north. ] Where was the greatest concourse of idolaters. At the gate of the altar. ] Why so called, see 2 Kings 16:14 . This image of jealousy in the entry. ] Idolatry committed in God’s own temple was most abominable, as when an adulteress hath... read more
lift: Jeremiah 3:2, Zechariah 5:5-1 Kings : at the: Ezekiel 8:3, Psalms 48:2 Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:11 - he shall Deuteronomy 29:20 - his jealousy 2 Chronicles 36:14 - polluted Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 23:11 - in Jeremiah 32:34 - General Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 9:6 - and begin Ezekiel 23:38 - they have Ezekiel 40:45 - whose read more
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.Northward — Ahaz had removed it from the middle of the court and set it near this north gate, to which it gave name.Entry — In the very passage to the temple, to affront the worship of God. read more
EZEKIEL SEES IN VISION THE WICKEDNESS OF THE CITY, AND HEARS THE SENTENCE OF JEHOVAH UPON IT, Ezekiel 8:5-18. 5. Lift up thine eyes… toward the north “The northern entrance was the most frequented, partly because the royal palace and buildings lay to the south and east, and the west was inclosed by the buildings of the temple itself.” Davidson. It was the north gate which Ezekiel had entered (Ezekiel 8:3) and he is now commanded to pause and look back to the gate through which he had just... read more
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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-12
III.—FURTHER PROPHETIC ACTION IMPOSED ON EZEKIEL. CHAPS. 8–19Ezekiel has recorded the circumstances in which he received his call to be a prophet, and then the signs and words by which he was to signify the doom that awaited the whole of his people, because of their clamant iniquities. Fourteen months pass over him, and no other communication from the Lord is related. At the end of that time the power of God once more affects him, and imparts to him a succession of experiences, which are all... read more