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Abominations in the temple

Ezekiel 8:1–18Image at the gate · Seventy elders · Women weeping · About twenty-five sun-worshippers

Abominations in the temple in one plate: Transported to the north gate the image of jealousy; Seventy elders in the image chamber; Women weep for Tammuz; About twenty-five men worship the sun eastward.
  1. 1 Transported to the north gate the image of jealousy
    He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the… — Ezekiel 8:1–6 · WEB
    In the commentary What They Do in the Dark
  2. 2 Seventy elders in the image chamber
    Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood, every man with his… — Ezekiel 8:7–13 · WEB
    In the commentary What They Do in the Dark
  3. 3 Women weep for Tammuz
    Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh’s house which was toward the north; and I saw the women sit there weeping for Tammuz. — Ezekiel 8:14–15 · WEB
    In the commentary What They Do in the Dark
  4. 4 About twenty-five men worship the sun eastward
    He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house; and I saw at the door of Yahweh’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were about… — Ezekiel 8:16–18 · WEB
    In the commentary What They Do in the Dark

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