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Verse 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...
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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 the...
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CHAPTER S 8-11
Visions in Relation to Jerusalem
_ 1. The vision of abomination in the temple (Ezekiel 8:1) _
2. The vision of the linen-clothed man with the inkhorn (Ezekiel 9:1)
3. The vision of...
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EZEKIEL 8:16 F. SUN WORSHIP. The next scene is a group of
sun-worshippers with their backs significantly turned towards the
Temple. This also points to Babylonian influence. Sun worship,
abolished by...
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BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR. The place appointed for the priests.
FIVE AND TWENTY. The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of
the priests.
THEIR BACKS TOWARD THE TEMPLE. Because their...
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The sun-worshippers in the inner court
16. _about five and twenty_ LXX., about twenty. These men were seen
adoring the sun with their faces to the east, and their backs to the
temple house. Their posi...
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AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE SUN TOWARD THE EAST— This is a description
of the Persian superstition. It is to be observed, that when the
prophet is bid to turn from the Egyptian to the Phoenician rites, he...
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B. The Abominations of Jerusalem 8:5-16
TRANSLATION
(5) And he said unto me, Son of man, set, I pray you, your eyes to the
way of the north, and behold, north of the altar gate was this image
of jeal...
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Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee
yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
TURN THEE YET AGAIN, AND THOU SHALT SEE GREATER ABOMINATIONS. The
n...
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§ 3. A VISION OF JERUSALEM'S SIN AND DOOM (EZEKIEL 8-11)
Date, August-September, 591 b.c.
A year and two months after his call to be a prophet, Ezekiel was
visited in his house by the elders of the J...
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BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR] The altar of burnt offering was
probably in the centre of the inner court, and the main Temple
building faced it on the vv. The sun-worship now described was just in
f...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 8
THE FALSE GOD IN THE *TEMPLE – EZEKIEL 8:1-6
V1 It was
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BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR. — Ezekiel now returns to the court
of the priests, and there sees — not _about,_ but _as it were_
(referring to the nature of the vision) — “twenty-five men.”
These ar...
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וַ יָּבֵ֣א אֹתִ֗י אֶל ־חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית
־יְהוָה֮
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YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE
Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 9:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:1
ONE of the most instructive phases of reli
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We now come to the last prophecy dealing with the results of
reprobation. It consists of a long and detailed description of the
cause and process of judgment. Its first movement came to the prophet
as...
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Here is a picture, which holds forth the most finished representation
of all. Here are about five and twenty men, with an uncovered front,
got absolutely between the Porch and the Altar; that sacred s...
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Chapter 8 begins a new prophecy, which comprises several distinct
revelations, and extends to the close of chapter 19 (from the eighth
to the end of the eleventh being connected). Judah still existed...
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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...
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And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and
the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs towa...
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_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 cou...
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VARIOUS ABOMINATIONS...
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And He brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, to the
Court of the Priests, immediately before the sanctuary of the Temple,
AND, BEHOLD, AT THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, BETWEEN THE...
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13-18 The yearly lamenting for Tammuz was attended with infamous
practices; and the worshippers of the sun here described, are supposed
to have been priests. The Lord appeals to the prophet concernin...
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THE INNER COURT; the inmost, that which was next to the temple, called
here the Lord's house. AT THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE: before he saw
abominations in the gates of the courts, now he is come to the ve...
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Ezekiel 8:16 brought H935 (H8686) inner H6442 court H2691 LORDS H3068
house H1004 door H6607 temple H1964 LORD...
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‘And he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and
behold at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty men with their backs towards...
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CONTENTS: Third vision of the glory. The former profanation of the
temple and God's anger because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Jaazaniah.
CONCLUSION: Those are ripe indeed for ruin who have giv...
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Ezekiel 8:1. _As I sat in my house the hand of the Lord God fell there
upon me._ The time of this vision of Ezekiel is reckoned from the
captivity of Jehoiachin or Jeconiah. It happened probably on th...
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_Turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations than
these._
OF SIN IN ITS AGGRAVATIONS
I. What is understood by the heinousness of sin.
1. That it is offensive to God, displeasing to H...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 8:1 Ezekiel’s “temple vision,” the
second of his four dramatic visions, has strong connections with the
opening vision (chs. Ezekiel 1:1) and the concluding vision (chs....
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 8:16 The final scene, which is the briefest,
states simply and starkly the worst of the offenses against God. The
TWENTY-FIVE MEN are not further identified, but the location b...
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_Third and fourth abomination_ (Ezekiel 8:13)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 8:13. The seer is led from the secret
chamber back to the point at which he had first approached to the
precincts of the Temple...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 8:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, etc. We begin with a fresh date. One year and one
month had passed since the vision of Chebar, and had been occupied
partly by the acted, partly by the spo...
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CHAPTER 8.
THE IMAGE OF JEALOUSY AND OTHER ABOMINATIONS AT JERUSALEM.
Ezekiel 8:1. _And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
(month), in the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house,...
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Now we move into a new section of the book that is really a conclusion
of his first prophesy.
It came to pass now in the sixth year, and in the sixth month, and in
the fifth day of the month, as I sa...
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1 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:14;...
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Inner court — The innermost, that which was next the temple, called
here the Lord's house. At the door — Before he saw abominations in
the gates of the courts, now he is come to the very house itself....