Ezekiel 8:11, Ezekiel 8:12 KJV

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

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

11. seventy men—the seventy members composing the Sanhedrim, or great council of the nation, the origination of which we find in the seventy elders, representatives of the congregation, who went up with Moses to the mount to behold the glory of Jehovah, and to witness the secret transactions relating to the establishment of the covenant; also, in the seventy elders appointed to share the burden of the people with Moses. How awfully it aggravates the national sin, that the seventy, once admitted... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:7-13

The idolatry of the elders 8:7-13 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:11

Ezekiel also saw 70 of the elders of Israel (cf. Numbers 11:16-17), including Jaazaniah (lit. "Yahweh hears") the son of Shaphan, with censers containing burning incense in their hands worshipping these images (cf. Romans 1:23). These "laymen" were acting like priests. Jaazaniah appears to have been the son of Josiah’s godly Secretary of State, Shaphan (cf. 2 Kings 22:8-14; 2 Chronicles 34:15-21; Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 29:3; Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 40:5; Jeremiah 40:9; Jeremiah 40:11;... 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 8:11

(11) Seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel.—There may have been no enclosed chamber about the courts of the temple capable of actually containing so large a number; but again we are to remember that as this is in vision and for purposes of instruction, it is not necessary that all the details should be actually possible. The seventy elders were not the sanhedrin, which was not constituted until after the return from Babylon; but the number has probable reference to the seventy... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 8:1-18

Ezekiel 8:3 There was a man once a poet. He went wandering through the streets of the city, and he met a disciple. 'Come out with me,' said the poet, 'for a walk in the sand-dunes,' and they went. But ere they had progressed many stages, said the disciple: 'There is nothing here but sand'. 'To what did I invite you?' asked the poet. 'To a walk in the sand-dunes.' 'Then do not complain,' said the poet. 'Yet even so your words are untrue. There is Heaven above. Do you not see it? The fault is not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATEEzekiel 8:1-18; Ezekiel 9:1-11; Ezekiel 10:1-22; Ezekiel 11:1-25ONE of the most instructive phases of religious belief among the Israelites of the seventh century was the superstitious regard in which the Temple at Jerusalem was held. Its prestige as the metropolitan sanctuary had no doubt steadily increased from the time when it was built. But it was in the crisis of the Assyrian invasion that the popular sentiment in favour of its peculiar sanctity was... read more

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

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:7-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 8:11

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 8:11

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 8:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

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