Ezekiel 8:9
7 Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
8 “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
10 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
11 Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- KJV
- And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
- WEB
- He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”
- ASV
- And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
- BLB
- And He said to me: “Go in and see the evil abominations that they are doing here!”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til meg: Gå inn og se de fæle styggedommer som de gjør der!
- OTB
- Og han sa til meg: «Gå inn og observer de onde og avskyelige handlingene de begår her.»
- B1930
- Og han sa til mig: Gå inn og se de fæle vederstyggeligheter som de gjør der!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
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