Ezekiel 8:7

And he led me in by the door of the atrium. And I saw, and behold, there was an opening in the wall.

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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, you see what these ones are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here. Do you not think, then, that I should withdraw far away from my own sanctuary? But if you turn again, you will see even greater abominations.”

8And he said to me: “Son of man, dig in the wall.” And when I had dug in the wall, there appeared one door.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten idol, an abomination to the Lord, a work of the hands of its maker, and who puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond by saying: Amen.

2 Kings 21:5And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple 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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