Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 8:8
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
8. The words “in the wall” are wanting both times in LXX.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The hole he saw in the wall was not quite through, it was not great enough for him to go through, therefore he is commanded to dig one large enough to come at the door mentioned in this verse.
A door; some very private door by which the idolatrous priests entered into the chamber of their imagery, to perform idolatrous worship to their images; the door of the treasury.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
8. digfor it had been blockedup during Josiah’s reformation. Or rather, the vision is not of anactual scene, but an ideal pictorial representation of the Egyptianidolatries into which the covenant-people had relapsed, practisingthem in secret places where they shrank from the light of day[FAIRBAIRN], (Joh3:20). But compare, as to the literal introduction ofidolatries into the temple, Eze 5:11;Jer 7:30; Jer 32:34.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then said he unto me, son of man, dig now in the wall,…. And so make the hole larger; that he might have a fuller view of what was to be seen within the wall:
and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door; an opening, by which he could go into the cell or chamber, and take a full view of what was to be seen there. All this was visionary, for in reality the prophet did not dig, nor could he, not having anything to dig with; but so things appeared to his mind in the vision: first a little hole, by which he could discern there was a room; then, by making use of some means, a large door appeared, at which there was an entrance into it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
8. Dig now in the wall The wall had merely seemed to be damaged, but closer inspection and a little effort proved it to contain a secret entrance.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
Ver. 8. Behold a door. ] A secret door, by which they entered into their idol chapel. Such privy passages there are in the Popish monasteries, and in the whole Romish religion not a few. Ante paucos annos suaviter convivebant monachi et nonnae, a &c. The Council of Trent was carried by the Pope with such infinite guile and craft as that themselves will even smile at the triumphs of their own wits, when they hear it but mentioned, as at a master stratagem. But the author of the history of that Council hath found a hole in the walls of Rome, and many of our worthy champions have digged and discovered their detestable practices.
a Oecolamp.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Job 34:22, Isa 29:15, Jer 2:34, *marg. Jer 23:24, Amo 9:2, Amo 9:3
Reciprocal: Isa 57:8 – the doors Isa 59:12 – our transgressions Eze 8:12 – in the
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 8:8. Dig is from chathar and is defined by Strong, *’A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary.” When Ezekiel was brought to where he could see the hole or cavity mentioned in the preceding verse, lie was told to force his way through the wall. When he did this he was brought into sight of a door.