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 faces were toward the sun-rising.
worshipped the sun. This form of idolatry seen as early as Job 31:26; Job 31:27. and foreseen in Deuteronomy 4:19. adopted as early as Asa (2 Chronicles 14:5); abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:5; 2 Kings 23:11).
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
§ 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...
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...
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
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...
וַ יָּבֵ֣א אֹתִ֗י אֶל ־חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית ־יְהוָה֮
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
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...
Men. Twelve priests and as many Levites officiated daily. The high priest made the twenty fifth, 1 Paralipomenon xxiv. --- Sun. They prayed to God, turning their faces to the west: but here they despi...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
VARIOUS ABOMINATIONS...
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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 8:16 brought H935 (H8686) inner H6442 court H2691 LORDS H3068 house H1004 door H6607 temple H1964 LORD...
‘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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
_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...
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...
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,...
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...
1 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:14;...
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....