Ezekiel 8:16 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13-18

Here we have, I. More and greater abominations discovered to the prophet. He thought that what he had seen was bad enough and yet (Ezek. 8:13): Turn thyself again, and thou shalt see yet greater abominations, and greater still, Ezek. 8:15; as before, Ezek. 8:6. There are those who live in retirement who do no think what wickedness there is in this world; and the more we converse with it, and the further we go abroad into it, the more corrupt we see it. When we have seen that which is bad we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house ,.... The court of the priests, where they offered sacrifice, and into which none might come but themselves: and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar ; the porch that led into the temple, and the brasen altar, the altar of burnt offerings, which was a very sacred place, and reckoned more holy than the court of the priests F7 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 7. fol. 184. 4. . were about... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Five and twenty men - These most probably represented the twenty-four courses of the priests, with the high priest for the twenty-fifth. This was the Persian worship, as their turning their faces to the east plainly shows they were worshipping the rising sun. 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 8:14-18

Man's provocations of God, and God's punishment of man. "Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house which was toward the north," etc. I. MAN 'S PROVOCATIONS OF GOD . In Ezekiel 8:17 it is said, "They returned to provoke me to anger." The sins mentioned in this paragraph were not the only provocations of the Most High, as the words of the clause imply. Professor Cheyne translates, "provoke me to anger again and again." And Ewald, "exasperated me... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

He brought me into the inner court. The last and the worst form of desecration follows. It was the "inner court" ( Joel 2:17 ) which, after the exile, was entered only by the priests. During the monarchy, however, it seems to have been accessible to kings and other persons of importance, as in the case of Solomon ( 1 Kings 8:22 , 1 Kings 8:64 ; 1 Kings 9:25 ) in the revolution against Athaliah ( 2 Kings 11:4-15 ), and Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 19:14 ), and Josiah ( 2 Kings 23:2 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

Sun worship. When Ezekiel, in his visionary visit to the temple, came upon the last scene of horror, and beheld the greatest of all the abominations therein committed, he saw twenty-five men performing rites of worship before the rising sun. I. SUN WORSHIP IS MOST FASCINATING . This was the most common, and perhaps also the most primitive, heathen cult. It was very prominent in the ancient Egyptian religion—the rising, the midday, and the setting sun being honoured with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

Sun worshippers in Jerusalem. Although the worship of Baal and other similar deities was no doubt a corruption due to the personification of the great orb of day, it does not seem that, in this passage, the prophet intends to denounce that form of idolatry. It appears that actual sun worship, which we know to have been practised among the Persians, obtained in the time of Ezekiel at Jerusalem, though it is scarcely credible that it took place literally in the circumstances depicted in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

The inner court - The court of the priests.About five and twenty men - Rather, as it were five etc. This was the number of the heads of the 24 courses (shifts) with the high priest presiding over them. These then were the representatives of the priests, as the seventy were of the people. In the temple the seat of the Divine Majesty was at the west, perhaps appointed for this very purpose, to guard against the idolatrous adoration of the rising sun. Therefore the idolatrous priests must in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:15-16

Ezekiel 8:15-16. Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations These latter wickednesses may be accounted greater, because they were acted in a more sacred place. And he brought me into the inner court The court next the temple, namely, that of the priests. And, behold, at the door of the temple At that door through which there was an entrance into the porch of the temple, from the altar of burnt- sacrifices. Before, he saw the abominations committed in the gates of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:15-16

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