This *vision continues from chapter 8 to chapter 11. Of course, there had been reforms under Josiah; but Jehoiachim had quickly restored all of the abominations of Manasseh's evil reign. But thou shalt see yet again other abominations.". Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed, Pride has budded. By the end of … Ezekiel 24:20 " Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, " Just as the lying on his side for nearly a year, was a sign to the people. Ezekiel 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of a man; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance of glowing metal. Milton works all this up in these fine lines: -. 2 I looked, and there was a form with the appearance of a human being. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O Son of man? "[9] God's removing his presence from the Jewish Temple is the principal theme of Ezekiel 8-11. "They are committing great abominations here to drive me from my sanctuary. 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. (8-22) Commentary on Ezekiel 10:1-7 (Read Ezekiel 10:1-7) The fire being taken from between the wheels, under the cherubim, 13, seems to have signified the wrath of God to be executed upon Jerusalem. Being brought thence to the gate of the door of the house, he saw women weeping for Tammuz or Adonis. But that was all that he could do. One might have wondered if Ezekiel could have seen anything else more shameful than this group of women weeping for Tammuz; but Ezekiel 8:15 at once warned Ezekiel that "greater abominations than these" he would yet behold. Ezekiel 8:11. "And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me. Watch our overview video on the first part of the book of Ezekiel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Verse 1. Immorality and idolatry are inseparable twins throughout the history of the world."[16]. Tammuz signifies hidden or obscure, and hence the worship of his image was in some secret place. The land will be ruled by a prince, who is mentioned several times in chapter 46 (verses 2, 4, 8… This introduces a scathing sermon against the sin of idolatry because the people went “a whoring after their idols” (in verse 9). for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. This is the substance of the eleventh chapter. For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concern… Going thence to the court of the people, he sees through an opening in the wall seventy elders of the people, who were worshipping all sorts of beasts and reptiles, which were painted on the wall. The Lord gives him the reason of his conduct; and the man with the ink-horn returns, and reports to the Lord what was done. "And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. Ezekiel 8:9. A better rendition of this was given by Eichrodt. A hole in the wall - This we find was not large enough to see what was doing within; and the prophet is directed to dig, and make it larger, Ezekiel 8:8; and when he had done so and entered, he says: -, 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. God revealed to Ezekiel the abominations and detestable things going on within the precincts of the sacred Temple itself. "All kinds of gods, monsters, and barking dogs.". He tells the truth at all times, and is no respecter of persons. The mourners for Tammuz, the worshippers toward the sun. 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins … Here the reason for that removal is clearly tied to the abominations practiced there by the apostate children of Israel. Probably the Brahminic Linga is here intended. Ezekiel 8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.. Ver. And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? A vision, whereby is shown the preservation of some; and the destruction of the rest. Of a man, likely. lib. And he put forth the form of a hand — He appeared so to do. Cook understood Ezekiel's use of "nose" instead of "mouth" here as designed to represent the practice, "In contemptuous and derogatory terms. The prophet, in the visions of God, is carried to Jerusalem, to the northern gate of the temple, which leads by the north side to the court of the priests. This is the substance of the tenth chapter. Here begins a section of prophecy extending to the twelfth chapter. 1 It came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, that I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judea were sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. "Behold, the glory of the God of Israel ..." (Ezekiel 8:4). Ezekiel 18:8 "He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man," This man does not take advantage of his brother in trouble. "The image of jealousy in the entrance ..." (Ezekiel 8:5). Sinai (Exodus 3:3-4). 8:1-6 The glorious personage Ezekiel beheld in vision, seemed to take hold upon him, and he was conveyed in spirit to Jerusalem. Chapter 8. Chapter#9: Six executioners and man with inkhorn. This vision is a foreshadowing of the Babylonian attack in 586 BC. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude. Et je vis, et voici, il vint sur eux des nerfs et de la chair, et de la peau les recouvrit par-dessus; mais il n’y avait pas de souffle en eux» (37:7, 8). Virgil speaks of these, Aen. The whole was presented in vision to the prophet. This is what the marginal reference here has, "the appearance of a man enthroned," of course, a representation of God Himself. every man in his chambers of imagery? 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. There, Ezekiel saw how wicked the people had become. Ezekiel 8. The love tale. "Elders ... censors ... cloud of incense ..." (Ezekiel 8:11). Probably, however, the scenes are separate proofs of Jewish idolatry, rather than restricted to one idol. The hearts of the people will have been changed (Ezekiel 36:26–27), and even Gentiles have a place in the restored kingdom (Ezekiel 47:22). Introduction, texte, traduction et commentaire (“Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha” 21), Brill, Leiden 2006 Cooke explains how these different calculations are made. Usher, was the sixth year of Ezekiel's captivity. L’Exagoge d’Ezéchiel le Tragique. Idolatry in the Temple 8 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, … This was no doubt occasioned by a red ochre, over which the river ran with violence at this time of its increase. It would frustrate the very purpose of the vision to apply it to Israel's past history and not the current conditions when the city fell. Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark? The prophet then proceeds to describe the three principal superstitions of this unhappy people: the Egyptian, Ezekiel 8:6-12, the Phoenician, Ezekiel 8:13, Ezekiel 8:14, and the Persian, Ezekiel 8:15, Ezekiel 8:16; giving the striking features of each, and concluding with a declaration of the heinousness of their sins in the sight of God, and the consequent greatness of their punishment, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18. The chambers of imagery. Some have mistakenly interpreted this chapter as a composite of all of the various idolatries practiced previously to the times of Ezekiel; but the better understanding of it indicates that all of the abominations and detestable things going on in this vision were actually being practiced in both the Temple and throughout Israel right up until the very capture and destruction of the city. John Milton penned these lines regarding it. Book of Ezekiel Chapter 8. And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoked to jealousy. Canon Cook stated that "The great popularity of this ancient cult rested in the fact that it inevitably led to unbridled license and excess. In this chapter and the next, Ezekiel is shown the abominations in the temple. They wove hangings for the worship of Ashera (2 Kings 23:7), and they also burned incense to the Queen of Heaven (Jeremiah 44:9; 15-19). "That I should go far off from my sanctuary ..." (Ezekiel 8:6). If this was the same man, he had failed to remain loyal to the Lord. formed part of the rites. 1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting at home and the elders of Judah were sitting with me, when suddenly the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there. The images were pourtrayed upon the wall, as we find those ancient idols are on the walls of the tombs of the kings and nobles of Egypt. "[20] "Many scholars favor the translation of this place as, `They send a stench to my nostrils. "This indicates that Ezekiel did indeed have a certain amount of prestige with the exiles. This is the substance of the vision contained in the eighth chapter. So, was this transport physical or only in a vision? Brenton's English of Greek Septuagint: And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished. In the beginning of this vision, by the noblest stretch of an inspired imagination, idolatry itself is personified, and made an idol; and the image sublimely called, from the provocation it gave God, the Image of Jealousy, Ezekiel 8:5. "[6], "And the elders of Judah sat before me ..." (Ezekiel 8:2). You can follow thru in your copy of the Bible. "[11] Nevertheless, it appears in this vision that the worship was taking place in the Temple. Ezekiel 4: 8 "Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. There were a number of men of this name in the Bible, and one of them had aided in the reforms of Josiah. Having for some time mourned him as dead, they then supposed him revivified and broke out into the most extravagant rejoicings. B. C. 593. The Scripture often gives to the heathen idols names of degradation; as Baal-zebub, god of flies; Baal-zebul; god of dung. A vision of the burning of the city. There he sees the glory of the Lord in the same manner as he did by the river Chebar. Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abomination which they commit here? Ezekiel 8-11 is the record of one long vision. Infected Sion's daughters with like heat: Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch. Ezekiel 6:1 " And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, " This is Ezekiel speaking. He said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here. With the greatest abandon, women gave themselves up to the most shameful practices. The heads of the twenty-four courses of the sacred priesthood, led by the High priest, making up the "twenty five men" mentioned here, were not only worshipping the sun, but they were doing so in the very temple of God, with their backs turned upon the sacred temple of Jehovah! Commentary on Ezekiel 8-11 (God Leaves the Temple) June 20, 2016 Bill Pratt Leave a comment. Calmet supports this opinion by the following reasons: -. ", THE WORSHIP OF BEASTS; REPTILES AND CREEPING THINGS, The best comment we have found on this is in Romans 1:22-23. This section occurs fourteen months after Ezekiel's original vision of God by the River Chebar; compare 1:1-3 with 8:1 (August-September 592 b.c.). The appearance of fire - See the note on Ezekiel 1:27. Even in God’s holy *temple, people were *worshipping false gods. In chapter nine, Ezekiel witnesses the destruction of the people of Jerusalem by God. Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 8 « Previous Chapter 7. Keil pointed out that this was not the worship of Adonis, or any other sun-god, but, "The worship of the heavenly bodies, against which Moses had warned the people (Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3). "This date appears to be August-September, 592 B.C. Chapter 8. 4. The women of Phoenicia, Assyria, and Judea worshipped him as dead, with deep lamentation, wearing priapi and other obscene images all the while, and they prostituted themselves in honor of this idol. Chapter 8. The prophet being returned towards the northern gate, where he had seen the image of jealousy. Ezekiel 8:10. A. All who have turned against Him are executed. And I came and saw, and behold there were all kinds of figures of reptiles, and beasts, abominations, and all kinds of idols of the house of Israel, drawn on the wall round about. Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the image that I saw in the plain. viii. Chapter# 8: Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem, is shown the image of jealousy. B. Then I beheld, and lo a likeness.] "Assyrian reliefs identify this gesture as an act of reverence and worship. Ezekiel 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.. Ver. He is fabled to have been a beautiful youth beloved by Venus, and killed by a wild boar in Mount Lebanon, whence springs the river Adonis, which was fabled to run blood at his festival in August. Therefore they presented themselves before the prophet Ezekiel to learn what he had to say about the situation.[8]. Rashi 's Commentary: Show Hide. 7, 8 — God warns of the reaction to and the reception of the message of Ezekiel. And there stood before them seventy men of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censor in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up. 8:1 and 11:24). That was the specific date of … I might add that some imagine the image of jealousy to be a personification of idolatry itself. There sat women weeping for Tammuz - This was Adonis, as we have already seen; and so the Vulgate here translates. The mythological basis of this tale was the death of vegetation in winter and its return in spring. There are many strange, and some filthy, interpretations given of this clause; but the former are not worth repeating, and I abominate the latter too much to submit to defile my paper with them. The Lord commands the same person to go in between the wheels of the cherubim, and take his hand full of live coals, and scatter them over the city. It was as if God laid his hand upon Ezekiel … About the same time he saw six men come from the higher gate with swords in their hands; and among them, one with an ink-horn. Because of this the fourth Babvlonian month was named Tammuz, the name that was adopted into the Jewish calendar for their fourth month (June-July). His vision was possibly like that of Paul in 2 Corinthians 12, where it is recorded that the apostle was caught up into the third heaven, "whether in the body or out of the body," he did not know. Apparently the elders of Judah were in Ezekiel's house when this vision occurred to him, and presumably they were there when it ended, and Ezekiel explained it to them. The love-tale infected Zion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch. Ezekiel 8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. "[2] For a list of all the dates given in Ezekiel, see our introduction. Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan - Shaphan was a scribe, or what some call comptroller of the temple, in the days of Josiah; and Jaazaniah his son probably succeeded him in this office. Chapter 8 God, having given the prophet a clear foresight of the people’s miseries that were hastening on, here gives him a clear insight into the people’s wickedness, by which God was provoked to bring these miseries upon them, that he might justify God in all his judgments, might the more particularly reprove the sins of the people, and with the more satisfaction foretel their … There, in the inner court of the temple, was prepared a place for some base idol. Ezekiel felt the power of God. It really seems that at this time the Jews had incorporated every species of idolatry in their impure worship, - Phoenician, Egyptian, and Persian. The women weeping for Tammuz, Ezekiel 8:13,14. The mourning period, whether long or short, was always followed by the most uninhibited, wildest celebration, amounting to as vulgar an orgy as could be imagined. This, and all that follows, to the end of Ezekiel 8:16, was done in vision only, as appears from the expression here used: and brought me in the visions of God, &c. — In a similar manner, it was represented to the Prophet Elisha’s mind, (2 Kings 5:26,) what Gehazi was doing when he took the presents from … D. Judgment of Jerusalem,Chapter 4 (Jerusalem is not destroyed at this time.) "Then said he unto me, Son of man, Lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. א וַיְהִ֣י | בַ The guess as to the idol's identity which is most popular among the writers we have consulted is that it was an idol with an altar to the Ashera, Ashteroth, Astarte, or some other female fertility goddess of the ancient Canaanites. In this chapter the prophet is carried in vision to Jerusalem, Ezekiel 8:1-4; and there shown the idolatries committed by the rulers of the Jews, even within the temple. It was here called "the image of jealousy," because of God's reaction to it. (1-7) The Divine glory departing from the temple. "In the visions of God ..." (Ezekiel 8:3). thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these.". In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month - This, according to Abp. "Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan ..." (Ezekiel 8:11). v. 15 — He is a prophet to the captives. He sees the same God-like figure, with fiery loins and legs and an amber torso. [5], Moshe Greenberg, a very able scholar, has calculated that the long period when Ezekiel lay upon his side ended just "three weeks before the date given here. See the plates to Belzoni's Travels, the Isaic Tomb in the Bodleian Library, and the Egyptian hieroglyphics in general. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Show content in: English Both Hebrew. It is a comment upon the mercy and forbearance of God that even at this late date and in spite of the horrible apostasy of the rebellious people, God still allowed this image of himself to appear in the house dedicated to his name. He said also unto me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do. "The paganism visible in this vision does not appear to be any kind of blending of paganism with the true worship of God; but, on the other hand, "It was unalloyed idolatry practiced by the defectors from the true faith in God. Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 8 ... Menachem (p. 79) explained: “and behold they send the disgrace into their nose” is a matter of disgrace and shame; and according to his explanation, He compares the aroma of their censers and (Ezek. The one topic here is the defilement of the Temple and God's removal from it. "A likeness as of the appearance of fire ..." (Ezekiel 8:3). Watts has outlined what he believed to be the reason for this visit of the elders to Ezekiel. ‘Behold, the day! Hence it was the image of him who fell a victim to jealousy. Ezekiel 6:2 " Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, " This prophecy is against the whole land, and … The time of celebrating his return was usually observed at the time of the summer solstice (June 21). And then appeals to him whether such a provoking people should have any pity shown them, Ezekiel 8:17,18. "The image of jealousy ..." (Ezekiel 8:3). Then the Divine Presence left the cherubim, and took post at the entrance of the temple, and gave orders to the man with the ink-horn to put a mark on the foreheads of those who sighed and prayed because of the abominations of the land; and then commanded the men with the swords to go forward, and slay every person who had not this mark. Ezekiel Chapter 6. Chapters 8-11 are one literary unit (cf. These are the general contents of the ninth chapter. "[19] From this, it appears that the fallen Israelites had adopted sun-worship with all of its variations and embellishments. "[15] Feinberg added that, "The worship of this god was connected with the basest immoralities. John Trapp Complete Commentary. 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. Chapter 8 1. The Glory of the Lord led Israel out of Egypt.The Glory of the Lord appeared to Moses, in the burning bush on Mt. In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month This, according to Abp. The image of jealousy - הקנאה סמל semel hakkinah . Tammuz, a very attractive and beautiful shepherd was killed by a wild boar; and he was featured as the spouse of Ishtar, the sister of Ishtar, the son of Ishtar, or the lover of Ishtar. The vision that I saw in the plain - see the note on Ezekiel 3:23; (note); see also Ezekiel 1:3; (note). 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