Ezekiel 8:11-17 NIV

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 8:11

And there stood before them ,.... Before the pictures, as the Vulgate Latin version expresses it, praying, sacrificing, and offering incense unto them: seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel ; the whole sanhedrim, or great court of judicature among the Jews, as Kimchi; or at least there is an allusion to that number, which were appointed in Moses' time to be officers over the people, and govern and direct them, Numbers 11:16 ; which shows how sadly depraved and corrupted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:12

Then said he unto me, son of man, hast thou seen ,.... Here should be a stop, as the accent "segolta" shows; hast thou taken notice of, hast thou considered, what thou hast seen, the amazing shocking abominations committed by these men? it follows, and the question is to be repeated, "hast thou seen" what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark ? their deeds being evil, such as will not bear the light, of which they had reason to be ashamed before men; and which they imagined... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13

He said also unto me, turn thee yet again ,.... Towards the north, as before; See Gill on Ezekiel 8:6 ; and thou shall see greater abominations that they do ; or: "the great abominations"; for so the words may be strictly rendered; nor does it appear that what follows, though great abominations, were greater than the creeping things, four footed beasts, and other idols, or dunghill gods, portrayed upon the walls, which the elders of Israel burnt incense to. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:14

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house, which was towards the north ,.... By "the Lord's house" no doubt is meant the temple, which the Targum here calls the house of the sanctuary of the Lord; that gate of the temple (for the temple had several gates) which was to the north was the gate called Teri or Tedi, and was very little used F25 Misn. Middot, c. 5. sect. 3. . In this part of the temple were the sacrifices offered; and therefore it was the greater... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:15

Then said he unto me, hast thou seen this , O son of man ?.... This shocking piece of idolatry, women weeping for Tammuz: turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these ; or, "great abominations besides these" F6 תועבות גדלות מאלה "abominationes magnas praeter istas", Calvin. . 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:17

Then he said unto me, hast thou seen this , O son of man ?.... Took notice of and considered this piece of idolatry, worshipping the sun toward the east: is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here ? could these things, which are such dreadful abominations, committed here in the temple, be reckoned light things by them, as surely they cannot? yet these are not all that they have done: for they have filled the land with violence ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan - Shaphan was a scribe, or what some call comptroller of the temple, in the days of Josiah; and Jaazaniah his son probably succeeded him in this office. He was at the head of this band of idolaters. read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:15

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

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