He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”
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He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”
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And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
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And He said unto me: 'Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.'
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 8:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 20:8 “ ‘ “But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in,…
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}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Go in: this was to secure him; he need…
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.
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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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto me, go in,.... Into the…
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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Are doing - Under the approach of judgments, in…
Are doing - Under the approach of judgments, in this very place, under the walls of my temple.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. The word “wicked” is wanting in LXX.
9. The word “wicked” is wanting in LXX.
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