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# Ezekiel

## Chapter 8

Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapters 5 and 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapters 13 and 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapters 18 and 19 Chapters 20 and 21 Chapters 22 and 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapters 26 to 28 Chapters 29 to 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapters 38 and 39 Chapters 40 to 43 Chapter 44 Chapters 45 and 46 Chapters 47 and 48 | #### The period before the destruction of the temple: the iniquity and hypocrisy of the Jews Chapter 8 begins a new prophecy, which comprises several distinct revelations, and extends to the close of chapter 19 (from the eighth to the end of the eleventh being connected). Judah still existed at Jerusalem, although many of them had already been carried into captivity with Jehoiakim. It was not till five years later that the temple was destroyed. It is the state of things at Jerusalem which is judged in these chapters. The elders of Judah presented themselves before the prophet, and Jehovah took this opportunity to shew him all the enormities that would bring down judgment on the people. In the prophecy of the preceding year God, by the mouth of the prophet, had threatened Israel with the giving up of His sanctuary to the profane (chap. 7:20-22). Here Jehovah exhibits in detail the cause of this judgment. The glory of Jehovah appeared to the prophet, and he was taken in the visions of God to Jerusalem, and there in the courts and the chambers, and in the gates, he was shewn every form of hateful and defiling idolatry practised in Jehovah's own house by the elders and others of Israel. If we compare the history of Jeremiah, and the outward profession that was made -- the pretension that the law should not perish from the priest, we shall understand the excessive iniquity of the Jews and their hypocrisy. |

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