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Ezekiel 8:15

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“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Ezekiel 8

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Then said he unto me, hast thou seen this, O son of man?.... This shocking piece of idolatry, women weeping for Tammuz: turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these; or, "great abominations besides these" (f). (f) תועבות גדלות מאלה "abominationes magnas praeter istas", Calvin.

This site's exposition

the north gate of the house of the LORD

on Ezekiel 8:14-15

At the north gate of the Lord’s house the prophet sees “women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz,” the Mesopotamian god mourned in a yearly rite. Clarke identifies Tammuz with the Adonis of Greek myth, a rite Judah adopted. The place is the point, the gate of the Lord’s own house.

This site's exposition

even greater abominations than these

After the women weeping for Tammuz, the Lord asks Ezekiel whether he sees this. Still greater abominations wait in the inner court. Jerome describes what follows: about twenty-five men between the porch and the altar, backs to the temple, bowing to the sun in the east.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 15, 16.) And he said to me: Surely you have seen, son of man: yet you will see even greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the vestibule and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun in the east.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

to the entrance of the gate of the house of the Lord Within the inner space of the courtyard [that led] to the entrance of the heichal that is in the north, for the master [R.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 8:14:1, 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

11 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.

  • וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלַ֖יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • הֲרָאִ֣יתָ¿ have you seen

    haraitaH7200 →1300 times

  • בֶן־O son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָדָ֑םhumankind

    ʾadamH120 →551 times

  • ע֣וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • תָּשׁ֥וּבyou will return

    tashuvH7725 →1056 times

  • תִּרְאֶ֛הyou will see

    tirehH7200 →1300 times

  • תּוֹעֵב֥וֹתabominations

    toevotH8441 →117 times

  • גְּדֹל֖וֹתgreat

    gedolotH1419 →526 times

  • מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃more than these

    meelehH428 →746 times

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

Related verses

6 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.

Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”5 worksPsalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?3 worksEzekiel 8:9Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”2 works2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.2 worksEzekiel 8:6“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”2 worksEzekiel 8:13Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”2 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

    2 Timothy 3:13

    while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 4:1

      Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

    • Titus 3:3

      For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

    • 2 Timothy 3:8

      Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

    • 2 Peter 2:20

      If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…

    • 2 Peter 3:3

      Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 8:6

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 5:11

      Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…

    • Ezekiel 10:19

      As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the…

    • Ezekiel 8:9

      Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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