Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 8:9
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
9. The word “wicked” is wanting in LXX.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Go in: this was to secure him; he need fear neither the violence which idolaters usually show against those that discover them, nor yet any legal impurity by coming so near these abominable things.
Behold; look diligently, that thou mayst particularly reprove these, and denounce my just judgments against them.
The wicked abominations; the most abominable wickednesses; these are loathsome in their nature, and multiplied in number before me.
Do here, Heb. are doing here: before the evil day appeared so near, they did, and under the approach of judgments they are still doing at this day, in this very place, under the walls of my temple.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he said unto me, go in,…. Into the room or chamber the door opened into:
and behold the wicked abominations they do here; the idolatries there committed, wicked in themselves, and abominable to God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Ver. 9. Go in, and behold the wicked abominations. ] No words are bad enough for sin. Solomon calleth it “wickedness of folly, even foolishness of madness”; Ecc 7:25 “mischievous madness”; Eze 10:13 so Luk 16:11 , “mammon of unrighteousness,” and “abominable idolatries.” 1Pe 4:3
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
that they: Eze 20:8
Reciprocal: Gen 6:5 – every imagination 2Ch 29:5 – carry forth Jer 1:16 – and have Eze 8:6 – even Eze 8:15 – greater Eze 16:2 – abominations Eze 22:2 – her abominations Mar 11:11 – when Rom 4:2 – he hath
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 8:9, The door proved to he an entrance to an apartment containing abominations that they do here, a detestable exhibition of the unlawful worship.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Also following the Lord’s instructions, Ezekiel went through the entrance and found himself in a chamber full of images carved on the wall that the Judahites were worshipping. There were pictures of many types of insects, animals, and other detestable things (cf. Lev 11:40-42; Deu 4:16-19).