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Ezekiel 8:10

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So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

KJV

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

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This verse in Ezekiel 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

(Verse 10) And I entered and saw: and behold, every likeness of creeping things and abomination of animals: and all the idols of the house of Israel were depicted on the wall all around. Not only did the idol of Zele stand at the entrance of the northern gate, but also all the walls of the Temple were painted with various images of idols: so that there was no animal that the painting on the wall did not show.

This site's exposition

every form of creeping things

on Ezekiel 8:10-13

Behind the door stands a room painted with every form of creeping things and abominable beasts, Egyptian-style animal worship carried into the temple's own precinct, and before the painted wall stand seventy elders with censers, Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan named among them though his father served Josiah's reform (2 Kings 22:8-10). Their reasoning is given in their own words, the Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth, a practical atheism among the very men responsible for teaching the law, and verse 13 repeats the summons, turn thee yet again, before a third and worse abomination. Wesley notes the naming of Shaphan's son by name as deliberate, the corruption reaching a family that had stood for reform only one generation earlier.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

and Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan He was of high esteem, and his generation was learning from him; therefore, He took particular offense at him.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 8:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וָאָבוֹא֮and I went

    vaavo'H935 →2568 times

  • וָֽאֶרְאֶה֒and I saw

    vaerehH7200 →1300 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֨הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • כָל־every

    khol-H3605 →5413 times

  • תַּבְנִ֜יתform of

    tavnitH8403 →20 times

  • רֶ֤מֶשׂcreeping thing

    remesH7431 →

  • וּבְהֵמָה֙and animal

    uvehemahH929 →190 times

  • שֶׁ֔קֶץdetestable thing

    sheketzH8263 →

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • גִּלּוּלֵ֖י[the] idols of

    giluleiH1544 →48 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מְחֻקֶּ֥ה[was] carved

    mechukehH2707 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַקִּ֖ירthe wall

    hakirH7023 →75 times

  • סָבִ֥יב׀all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.9 worksRomans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.7 worksEzekiel 23:14But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,5 worksEzekiel 11:12Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”5 worksJeremiah 16:18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”3 worksJeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 3:9Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.2 worksLeviticus 11:42–44Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.2 worksDeuteronomy 14:7–8But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.2 worksDeuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.2 worksJeremiah 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets2 worksIsaiah 57:6–10Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?2 worksLeviticus 11:29–31The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,2 worksDeuteronomy 4:18or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.2 works2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.2 worksEzekiel 16:26You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.2 worksLeviticus 11:10–12But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.1 worksRevelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 20:4

    You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 5:8

      You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

    • Leviticus 26:1

      “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am…

    • Deuteronomy 4:15–19

      So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

    • Psalms 97:7

      All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

    • Leviticus 19:4

      Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

  • Through

    Romans 1:23

    and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:20

      They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

    • Jeremiah 2:11

      Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

    • Acts 17:29

      Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 8 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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