Ezekiel 8:7

"He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you will again see yet other great abominations.”"

Key Reflection

Ezekiel 8:7 describes a visionary experience where God directs Ezekiel's attention to the Temple in Jerusalem, revealing to him the abominable practices occurring there that deeply troubled Yahweh. The original audience would have understood these "great abominations" as severe violations of religious and moral laws, which included worshiping false gods and engaging in idolatrous rituals. This revelation underscores the severity of spiritual apostasy among God's chosen people, highlighting how even within the holy temple, such acts could be committed, thereby necessitating divine judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The door of the court -The seer is brought to another spot. In Ezekiel’s time there were various buildings on the space around the inner court which formed a court or courts, not improbably enclosed by a wall. The idolatries here were viewed as taking place in secret, and it is more in accordance with the temple arrangements to suppose that such chambers as would give room for those rites should belong to the outer than to the inner court. The seer is now outside the wall of the outer court, by the door which leads from it out of the temple-boundary.

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