Ezekiel 8:7 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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

A hole in the wall - This we find was not large enough to see what was doing within; and the prophet is directed to dig, and make it larger, Ezekiel 8:8 ; and when he had done so and entered, he says: - read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

Verse 7 Here now the Prophet is brought to another place, where another kind of abomination is shown. If an idol had been erected in some recess of the temple only, even that impiety when joined with sacrilege could not have been borne. But when all parts of the temple were contaminated with such filth, hence we collect that the people was utterly desperate. For the Prophet says, that he was led into a more secret place, and since there was a hole there, he dug it by God’s command, so that it... 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 8:7

To the door of the court. What follows suggests that the prophet was led to the gate that opened from the inner to the outer court. This gas surrounded by chambers or cells ( Jeremiah 35:4 ). The term for "wall" ( kir ) is that specially used for the wall which encloses a whole group of buildings ( Numbers 35:4 ). Behold a hole in the wall. The fact was clearly significant. The worship here was more clandestine than that of the "image of jealousy." We are not warranted, perhaps, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:7-13

The chambers of imagery; or, secret sins. "And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall," etc. In the case of "the image of jealousy" the idolatry of the Israelites was open; in this case it is secret. In that the abominations were committed by the house of Israel; in this by the elders of the house of israel. The paragraph suggests several observations on secret sins. I. THE MOST HEINOUS SINS ARE GENERALLY COMMITTED IN ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

The door of the court - The seer is brought to another spot. In Ezekiel’s time there were various buildings on the space around the inner court which formed a court or courts, not improbably enclosed by a wall. The idolatries here were viewed as taking place in secret, and it is more in accordance with the temple arrangements to suppose that such chambers as would give room for those rites should belong to the outer than to the inner court. The seer is now outside the wall of the outer court,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:7-11

Ezekiel 8:7-11. And he brought me to the door of the court This, Dr. Lightfoot understands of the east gate of the inner court, called the gate of Nicanor, over which was the council chamber, where the sanhedrim used to meet, and in some of the rooms near it they secretly practised idolatry, as God discovered to the prophet, Ezekiel 8:11. Behold a hole in the wall Through which I could look in, and see what abominations were committing there. Then he said, Dig now in the wall This,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 8:7-13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 8:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 8:7-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:1-18

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