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
Ezekiel 8:12 Kjv
E.W. Bullinger
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 8:12
12. every man in . . . chambers of . . . imagery—The elders ("ancients") are here the representatives of the people, rather than to be regarded literally. Mostly, the leaders of heathen superstitions laughed at them secretly, while publicly professing them in order to keep the people in subjection. Here what is meant is that the people generally addicted themselves to secret idolatry, led on by their elders; there is no doubt, also, allusion to the mysteries, as in the worship of Isis in Egypt,... 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 8:12-13
The Lord explained that the elders were secretly worshipping idols believing that the Lord did not see them because He had forsaken the land. The terminology used suggests that they were worshipping idols in their homes as well as in the temple precincts. [Note: Ibid., p. 51; Taylor, p. 99.] "What people do when they think no one else can see them reveals their true character." [Note: Cooper, p. 122.] Yet the prophet would see even greater abominations than these. 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 8:12
(12) Do in the dark, i.e., in secret. Hence the difficulty of access to the place of their worship. The ordinary idolatries of Israel, as of most heathen, consisted in the worship of the true, or of a supposed spiritual Deity, by means of sensible images (comp. Exodus 32:8). This was open and public enough at Jerusalem at this time; but the peculiar sin here portrayed was the actual worship of the creature by means of images and paintings. This, although joined in by the chief people of the... read more
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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