Ezekiel 8:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 8:10

8 Then He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.

9 And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.”

10 So I went in and saw, and there—every ^asort of ^bcreeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,¹ portrayed all around on the walls.

11 And there stood before them ^aseventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ^a‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

13 And He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”

14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for¹ Tammuz.

15 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.”

16 So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, ^abetween the porch and the altar, ^bwere about twenty-five men ^cwith their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping ^dthe sun toward the east.

17 And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have ^afilled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.

18 ^aTherefore I also will act in fury. My ^beye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they ^ccry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 8:10

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
So I went in and saw there pictures of every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel, painted round about on the wall.

Contemporary English Version
Inside, I saw that the walls were covered with pictures of reptiles and disgusting, unclean animals, as well as with idols that the Israelites were worshiping.

Darby English Version
And I went in and looked, and behold, every form of creeping thing and abominable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

Good News Bible
So I went in and looked. The walls were covered with drawings of snakes and other unclean animals, and of the other things which the Israelites were worshiping.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts {and} detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.

New International Version
So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and detestable animals and all the idols of the house of Israel.

New King James Version
So I went in and saw, and there—every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, they had carved on the wall all around.

Revised Standard Version
So I went in and saw; and there, portrayed upon the wall round about, were all kinds of creeping things, and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast -- and all the Idols of the house of Israel -- graved on the wall, all round about,

New English Translation
So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure¹ of creeping thing and beast – detestable images² – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.³

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