Ezekiel 8

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 8 of 48

¹ And it was in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house. And the elders of Judah were sitting before me. And the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell on me there.

² And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the look of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward, like fire, and from His loins and upward, as the look of brightness, like the color of polished metal.

³ 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 the earth and the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem, in the visions of God, to the opening of the inner gate facing north, where there was a seat of the image of jealousy, which causes jealousy.

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Chapter Summary

Ezekiel, in a vision at Jerusalem, is shown the image of jealousy, the chambers of imagery, the worshipers towards the sun.

Key Hebrew Words

תּוֹעֵבַה abomination H8441 · TWOT 2530a

סֶ֫מֶל image (of jealousy) H5566 · TWOT 1515

קִנְאָה jealousy H7068 · TWOT 2038a

גִּלּוּל idols H1544 · TWOT 353h

קְטֹ֫רֶת incense H7004 · TWOT 2011a

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ sun (worshiped) H8121 · TWOT 2417a

People & Context

Ezekiel

The prophet, addressed as Son of man, carried in vision to Jerusalem to witness the temple abominations

Jaazaniah

Son of Shaphan, seen standing among the seventy elders offering incense to idols in the dark

Shaphan

Named as the father of Jaazaniah, identifying which elder is seen worshiping idols

Tammuz

A pagan deity for whom women are seen weeping at the north gate of the house of Jehovah

Timeline

Vision of Temple Abominations

In the sixth year, sixth month, fifth day, Ezekiel is carried in a vision to the temple in Jerusalem. He sees the image of jealousy, seventy elders offering incense to idols, women weeping for Tammuz, and men worshipping the sun,,,,.

Ezekiel 8:1-18

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