Chapter 8:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Lamentations Daniel
Ezekiel 8
Concise Complete
The idolatries committed by the Jewish rulers. (1-6) The
superstitions to which the Jews were then devoted, the Egyptian. (7-12) The
Phoenician. (13,14) The Persian. (15,16) The heinousness of their sin. (17,18)
Verses 1-6 The
glorious personage Ezekiel beheld in vision, seemed to take hold upon him, and
he was conveyed in spirit to Jerusalem. There, in the inner court of the temple,
was prepared a place for some base idol. The whole was presented in vision to
the prophet. If it should please God to give any man a clear view of his glory
and majesty, and of all the abominations committing in any one city, he would
then admit the justice of the severest punishments God should inflict thereon.
Verses 7-12 A
secret place was, as it were, opened, where the prophet saw creatures painted on
the walls, and a number of the elders of Israel worshipped before them. No
superiority in worldly matters will preserve men from lust, or idolatries, when
they are left to their own deceitful hearts; and those who are soon wearied in
the service of God, often grudge no toil nor expense when following their
superstitions. When hypocrites screen themselves behind the wall of an outward
profession, there is some hole or other left in the wall, something that betrays
them to those who look diligently. There is a great deal of secret wickedness in
the world. They think themselves out of God's sight. But those are ripe indeed
for ruin, who lay the blame of their sins upon the Lord.
Verses 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 concerning the heinousness of the crime; "and lo,
they put the branch to their nose," denoting some custom used by idolaters in
honour of the idols they served. The more we examine human nature and our own
hearts, the more abominations we shall discover; and the longer the believer
searches himself, the more he will humble himself before God, and the more will
he value the fountain open for sin, and seek to wash therein.
Chapter 8:
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