1-4 Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem 5,6 is shown the image of jealousy 7-12 the chambers of imagery 13-15 the mourners for Tammuz 16 the worshippers toward the sun 17,18 God's wrath for their idolatry

in the sixth year Eze 1:2 20:1 24:1 26:1 29:1,17 31:1 32:17 40:1

and the Eze 14:1,4 20:1 33:31 Mal 2:7 Ac 20:33

that the Eze 1:3 3:12,14,22 37:1

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.

I beheld Eze 1:4,26,27 Da 7:9,10 Re 1:14,15

amber. Amber is a hard, inflammable, bituminous substance, of a beautiful yellow colour, very transparent, and susceptible of an exquisite polish. When rubbed it is highly endowed with electricity; a name which the moderns have formed from its Greek name []. But, as amber becomes dim as soon as it feels the fire, and is speedily consumed, it is probable that the original chasmal, which Bochart derives from the Chaldee nechash, copper, and melala, gold, was a mixed metal, similar to that which the Greeks called [] electrum, as the LXX and Vulgate render, from its resemblance to amber in colour.

3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

he put Eze 2:9 Da 5:5 10:10,18

the spirit Eze 3:14 11:1,24 40:2 1Ki 18:12 2Ki 2:16 Ac 8:39 2Co 12:2-4 Re 1:10 4:2

to the door Eze 8:5 2Ki 16:14

the image Eze 5:11 7:20 2Ki 21:7 Jer 7:30 32:34

provoketh Ex 20:5 34:14 De 4:24 5:9 6:15 32:16,21 Jos 24:19 Ps 78:58 1Co 10:21,22

4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Eze 1:26-28 3:22,23 9:3 10:1-4 11:22,23 43:2-4 Ex 25:22 40:34,35 2Co 3:18 4:4-6 Heb 1:3

5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

lift Jer 3:2 Zec 5:5-11

at the Eze 8:3 Ps 48:2

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

seest Eze 8:12,17 Jer 3:6 7:17

even Eze 8:9,17 5:11 7:20-22 23:38,39 2Ki 23:4-6 Pr 5:14 Jer 7:30 23:11 32:34

that I Eze 10:19 11:22 De 31:16-18 2Ch 36:14-17 Ps 78:60 Jer 26:6 La 2:6,7

greater Eze 8:11,14,16

7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

1Ki 7:12 2Ki 21:5

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.

Job 34:22 Isa 29:15 Jer 2:34 23:24 Am 9:2,3

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

that they Eze 20:8

10 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.

and behold. These images portrayed on the wall were no doubt the objects of Egyptian idolatry, the ox, ape, crocodile, ibis, beetle etc., as we find those idols were painted on the walls of the tombs of kings and nobles.

every Ex 20:4 Le 11:10-12,29-31,42-44 De 4:18 14:3,7,8 Isa 57:6-10 Jer 2:26,27 3:9 16:18 Ro 1:23

11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

seventy Ex 24:1,9 Nu 11:16,25 Jer 5:5 19:1 Da 9:8

Shaphan 2Ki 22:3 8:12,14 25:22 2Ch 34:20 Jer 26:24 29:3 36:10

every Nu 16:17,35 2Ch 26:16,19 Jer 7:9

12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

hast Eze 8:6,15,17

ancients Eze 8:11 14:1 20:1 Eph 5:12

in the Eze 8:7,8 Job 24:13-17 Joh 3:19,20

The Lord seeth Eze 9:9 Job 22:12,13 Ps 73:11 94:7-10 Isa 29:15

13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

greater Eze 8:6,15 Jer 9:3 2Ti 3:13

14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

toward Eze 44:4 46:9

15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

Hast Eze 8:6,12 2Ti 3:13

greater Eze 8:9,13

16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

the inner Eze 10:3 40:28 43:5 45:19

at the door 2Ki 16:14 2Ch 7:7 Joe 2:17

about Eze 11:1

with their Eze 23:35 1Ki 8:29 2Ch 29:6 Jer 2:27 32:33

their faces De 4:19 17:3 2Ki 23:5,11 Job 31:26-28 Jer 44:17 Ac 7:42,43

and they. It seems that the jews had incorporated every species of idolatry into their worship, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Persian; for this evidently was the Magian worship of the sun.

17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

It is a light, etc. or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit
for Eze 7:23 9:9 11:6 Ge 6:13 2Ki 21:16 24:4 Jer 6:7 19:4 20:8 Am 3:10 Am 6:3 Mic 2:2 6:12 Zep 1:9

they put. So the Vulgate has, applicant ramum ad nares suas, `they apply the brach to their nose;' which Jerome explains by `a branch of the palm tree which they adored the idols;' and it seems plainly to allude to the Magian fire-worshippers, who, Strabo tells us held a little bunch of twigs in their hand, when praying before the fire.

18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

will I also Eze 5:11-13 7:4-9 9:5,10 16:42 24:13 Na 1:2

and though Jud 10:13,14 Pr 1:28 Isa 1:15 59:2 Jer 11:11 14:12 Mic 3:4 Zec 7:13 Lu 13:25