Ezekiel 8:7

And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.

8And he said to me, Son of man, make a hole in the wall: and after making a hole in the wall I saw a door.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

2 Kings 21:5And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 8:2-7

The Vision of the Divine Glory. ( b. c. 593.) 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 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. 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of… Read the whole commentary →

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