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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-6

Ezekiel was now in Babylon; but the messages of wrath he had delivered in the foregoing chapters related to Jerusalem, for in the peace or trouble thereof the captives looked upon themselves to have peace or trouble, and therefore here he has a vision of what was done at Jerusalem, and this vision is continued to the close of the 11th chapter. I. Here is the date of this vision. The first vision he had was in the fifth year of the captivity, in the fourth month and the fifth day of the month,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 8:7-12

We have here a further discovery of the abominations that were committed at Jerusalem, and within the confines of the temple, too. Now observe, I. How this discovery is made. God, in vision, brought Ezekiel to the door of the court, the outer court, along the sides of which the priests? lodgings were. God could have introduced him at first into the chambers of imagery, but he brings him to them by degrees, partly to employ his own industry in searching out these mysteries of iniquity, and... read more

Matthew Henry

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 8:3

And he put forth the form of an hand ,.... That is, he that appeared in the likeness of a man, and with so much glory and splendour, out of the midst of the fire and brightness which were about him, put forth the form of a hand, that looked like a man's hand; for this appearance was not real, only visionary; and this seems to design the Spirit of God sent forth by Christ, sometimes called the finger of God, Luke 11:20 ; as appears by what follows: and took me by a lock of mine head ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:4

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there ,.... In the temple, between the cherubim, where the Shechinah or the glory of the divine Majesty dwelt; for as yet he had not removed, though provoked to it, and as he afterwards did; or he was here to destroy the idols, and both city and temple, for the idolatry of the people; or this is here mentioned, to show the baseness and wickedness of the people, that they should place an idol where the Lord himself was: according to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:5

Then said he unto me, son of man ,.... That is, the glorious Person described above in this vision, the glorious God of Israel, seen by the prophet in the temple, he spoke unto him, calling him son of man; a name by which he often goes in this prophecy: lift up thine eyes now toward the north ; of the mountain of the house without the court, as Jarchi interprets it: so I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north : being obedient to the heavenly vision: and behold northward at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:6

He said furthermore unto me, son of man ,.... He continued his speech to the prophet, saying seest thou what they do ? the idolatrous Jews, who had set up a graven image at the northern gate of the court, where the altar was, and were sacrificing to it: even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here ; for to set up an idol where he was, and an altar by his altar, and to sacrifice to Baal, and not to him, or to Baal along with him, or besides him, or to any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:7

And he brought me to the door of the court ,.... Of the inner court, the court of the priests and Levites. Dr. Lightfoot F24 Prospect of the Temple, c. 28. p. 2018. says this was the east gate, and most common way of entrance; and in that gate the sanhedrim used to sit in these times; and there the prophet sees their council chamber painted about with imagery: and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall ; of one of the chambers of the priests and Levites, where they lay. read more

John Gill

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

Then said he unto me, son of man, dig now in the wall ,.... And so make the hole larger; that he might have a fuller view of what was to be seen within the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door ; an opening, by which he could go into the cell or chamber, and take a full view of what was to be seen there. All this was visionary, for in reality the prophet did not dig, nor could he, not having anything to dig with; but so things appeared to his mind in the vision: first a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:9

And he said unto me, go in ,.... Into the room or chamber the door opened into: and behold the wicked abominations they do here ; the idolatries there committed, wicked in themselves, and abominable to God. read more

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