Ezekiel 8:8-12 WEB

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 8:8

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:10

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things ,.... As beetles and others, worshipped for gods: and abominable beasts ; unclean ones; not only oxen, but dogs and cats, and other impure creatures; for such were the gods of the Egyptians, from whom the Jews took their deities: and all the idols of the house of Israel ; which were many, even as numerous as their cities: portrayed upon the wall round about ; the pictures of them were drawn and placed around the wall... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:10

And saw - every form of creeping things - It is very likely that these images pourtrayed on the wall were the objects of Egyptian adoration: the ox, the ape, the dog, the crocodile, the ibis, the scarabaeus or beetle, and various other things. It appears that these were privately worshipped by the sanhedrin or great Jewish council, consisting of seventy or seventy-two persons, six chosen out of every tribe, as representatives of the people. The images were pourtrayed upon the wall, as we... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

Verse 11 He says also, that seventy elders of the house of Israel made incense for their idols I do not think that the seventy who were chosen for ruling the people are referred to here, though I suppose the Prophet to allude to this number. For we know that from the beginning seventy were set over the people, and were chosen from each tribe, and were united together. But with regard to this place, I think the number seventy is used of those whom, although they were not prefects, they called... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

Verse 12 Again God questions his servant: we have explained the reason — that he may pass sentence as a judge on his own people, whence it may be more clearly evident that those who had provoked God were unworthy of any pardon. Thou seest, says he, what the elders do? Through a feeling of honor he does not here name these elders of the house of Israel, but rather reproves their ingratitude, because they so drive others with them into alliance with their impiety. For elders ought to show the way... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 8:10

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:10

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 8:12

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