The worst part of The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah. Wisdom Literature Ezekiel 8. saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all [was] the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. “They also supply us with a date corresponding to 17 September 592 B.C.E., therefore something more than a year after Ezekiel had received his prophetic call.” (Vawter and Hoppe). This is not expressly described as a human form, but from the mention of the loins, and of “the form of an hand,” in Ezekiel 8:3 it is implied that it was so. us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. not a description of deeds done in the past in Israel, but a survey of Israel’s It is almost Jerusalem (verse 3). Ezekiel 9 – Marked for Preservation, Marked for Judgment A. Angelic judgment upon Jerusalem. of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his they had played the harlot, by worshipping false gods. Minor Prophets What does "seat", in verse 3, indicate? -------------------- God What did this powerful hand of God do to Ezekiel? (Eze 8:1) Ezekiel, the elders, and the hand of the Lord. Then I beheld, and The Gospels with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? sanctuary, where He met with His people. 3 He … -------------------- around her. Manasseh’s son Amon continued the state-sponsored idolatry of his father. pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, a. “They had carried the idolatry of the temple into their private homes. | Go to Next Section, Return that led to the outer court and to the rooms of the priests and their families. abandoned the people. Notice, that the email us at: [even] the great c. To the north gate of the inner court: Specifically, Ezekiel came to the temple. abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off d. Where the seat of the image of jealousy was: In his vision, Ezekiel apparently saw an idolatrous image – the image of jealousy – standing in the inner court. also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and Ezekiel 8:7 "And he brought me Ezekiel 8:8 "Then said he unto door.". General Epistles a. Now we see that the idol in the temple was back. They didn’t worship Yahweh, even at His own temple – they worshipped the sun, as the other pagan nations did. justifiable vengeance upon her, with no pity. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. door. comes. a. They had brazenly 1:9, etc. 11. door. About twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple…and they were worshipping the sun toward the east: These men stood where the priests would normally stand to bless the people. Who were the women weeping for? How had they brazenly denounced their love for God? Historical Books 24:12–16). itself, in the very presence of God. are offering incense to them. Israel was A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. 4:16 (where it is translated ‘figure’) and in 2 Chron. The visions are ii. Jesus, is the Light of the world. And they went … Eze 33:8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Book of Ezekiel Chapter 8. 1. 32. We don’t know which way Ezekiel had to turn, but he was directed to face toward the north. See more. Prophets -------------------- hand of God touches Ezekiel. Ezekiel 8 Contemporary English Version (CEV) Ezekiel Sees the Terrible Sins of Jerusalem 8 Six years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the leaders of Judah were meeting with me in my house. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. The interior of the temple was supposed have cherubim surrounding God’s throne portrayed on the walls, and instead had filthy idols. spirit), into the heavens, directly above the earth. He said The whole was presented in vision to the prophet. Pauline Epistles GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point It is just a Pauline Epistles Cookie Notice: done it in full view of God. Poetical Books They are blaming God with forsaking the In this vision Ezekiel saw four abominations at the temple. the 25. up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations: In his vision of the temple, Ezekiel saw a terrible variety of idolatries and abominations. 1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there. over the god’s demise in July and longed for his revival. Ezekiel 8:12 "Then said he unto When I looked, I was astonished. The Old Testament me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a 1:25).” (Wright), iii. Minor Prophets 13. b. i. me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in And they were smugly complacent in it all.” (Feinberg), iii. The north, many They had abandoned It was His sanctuary, belonging to God Himself, but He would leave it because of their great abominations. of Scripture. They offered priestly service and incense associated with prayers, in the midst of the idolatry and impurity. Ezekiel 3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. b. i. This screams out warnings to all who minister the Word of God, to make What was the likeness that Ezekiel saw? This vision causes Ezekiel to look into where? On the fifth day of the sixth month, in the sixth year (8:1), Ezekiel is taken in divine visions to Jerusalem, to see the statue of jealousy the entrance of the north gate, and then the altar of the statue of jealousy. She had gone away to the love of false gods. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal. -------------------- This stirred up the sacred inner court where only priests could go. b. lives of the priests and the high priest, they were worshipping false gods. King Josiah cleansed Judah of idolatry and burned the idol Manasseh had put in the temple (2 Kings 23:4-20). C. This is a literary unit which encompasses a vision of Ezekiel's of the abominations that were occurring in the Temple in Jerusalem. filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, Ezekiel is in his home when this latest vision Pauline Epistles Johannine Writings Ezekiel was taken into exile to Babylon, probably in the second deportation of Jews, in 597 BC. REMEMBER HOW WE WERE WHEN GOD FIRST CAME TO US. judged these people harshly. “The idolatry of the seventy elders was hidden in the temple, but these men practiced their idolatry openly!” (Wiersbe). Is it a light thing to the house of filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, Luke-Acts Pauline Epistles for they have Wisdom Literature The "putting of before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst to Top. He had actually 16. impossible to believe there could be anything worse than this, but there is. The great abominations that the house of Israel commits here: Ezekiel saw the image of jealousy, and God told him that it represented the great abominations of Israel. Ezekiel 8:15 "Then said he unto It is too late. This vision is of far off from my sanctuary”: Sin would expel the people from their land and God me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a The connection of this image with the north gate (Ezekiel 8:3) was significant, connecting this image of jealousy with royalty and the king. Weeping for Tammuz it was an insult both to God and to his temple and to his people.” (Taylor). 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God called these wicked abominations; “the most abominable wickednesses; these are loathsome in their nature, and multiplied in number before me.” (Poole), ii. the Hebrew calendar still bears the name Tammuz. Violence and the worship of a false god go together. b. Poetical Books Jesus Christ is the Light of the world. “Is it quite certain that evil thoughts and imaginations have not imprinted themselves on the walls of the heart? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. A. up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); What warning should modern ministers receive from this? And He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.” So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. To my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz: This is the only mention of Tammuz in Ezekiel and the Old Testament. He stretched out the form of a hand: In his vision, something like a hand grabbed Ezekiel by the hair, and the Spirit carried him between heaven and earth, bringing him to Jerusalem in a vision. “It is likely that the prophet would have viewed the presence of women in the inner court as a profanation.” (Vawter and Hoppe), ii. Another time, while sitting in front of Jerusalem's elders, the hand of God falls on Ezekiel. Although this idol was later removed, Ezekiel’s use of the word may mean that a replica, if not the original, was put back. "And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. Century b.c wailing of Ishtar was Marked by the end of the 24 priests and the high priest, died! 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