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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Ezekiel 8:7

Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;   Visions;   Walls;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Image;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Idol, Idolatry;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chambers of Imagery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Totemism;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
King James Version
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
English Standard Version
And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
New American Standard Bible
Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
New Century Version
Then he brought me to the entry of the courtyard. When I looked, I saw a hole in the wall.
Amplified Bible
Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard; and when I looked, behold, [there was] a hole in the wall.
World English Bible
He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he caused me to enter at the gate of the court: and when I looked, beholde, an hole was in the wall.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Contemporary English Version
Next, I was taken to the entrance of the courtyard, where I saw a hole in the wall.
Complete Jewish Bible
He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard; and when I looked, I saw a hole in the wall.
Darby Translation
And he brought me to the entry of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.
Easy-to-Read Version
So I went to the entrance to the courtyard, and I saw a hole in the wall.
George Lamsa Translation
And he brought me in to the door of the court; and I looked, and behold, there was a hole in the wall.
Good News Translation
He took me to the entrance of the outer courtyard and showed me a hole in the wall.
Lexham English Bible
And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.
Literal Translation
And He brought me to the opening of the court. And I looked, and, behold, a single hole in the wall.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And with that brought he me to the courte gate: and whe I loked, beholde, there was an hole in the wall.
American Standard Version
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
Bible in Basic English
And he took me to the door of the open place; and looking, I saw a hole in the wall.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
King James Version (1611)
And hee brought me to the doore of the court, and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And with that brought he me to the court gate, and when I loked, beholde there was a hole in the wall.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he brought me to the porch of the court.
English Revised Version
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ledde me with ynne to the dore of the halle; and Y siy, and lo! oon hoole in the wal.
Update Bible Version
And he brought me to the door of the court; and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
New English Translation
He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.
New King James Version
So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
New Living Translation
Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see a hole in the wall.
New Life Bible
Then He brought me to the gate of the open space, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
New Revised Standard
And he brought me to the entrance of the court; I looked, and there was a hole in the wall.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he brought me into the opening of the court, - and I looked, and lo! a single hole in the wall.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I saw, and behold a hole in the wall.
Revised Standard Version
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
Young's Literal Translation
And He bringeth me in unto an opening of the court, and I look, and lo, a hole in the wall;
THE MESSAGE
He brought me to the door of the Temple court. I looked and saw a gaping hole in the wall.

Contextual Overview

7Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall. 8He said to me, “Son of man, dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway. 9He said to me, “Go in and see the detestable, wicked acts they are committing here.” 10I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing—crawling creatures and beasts—as well as all the idols of the house of Israel. 11Seventy elders from the house of Israel were standing before them, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a firepan in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising up. 12He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 7:12, 2 Kings 21:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:15 - and putteth 2 Chronicles 33:5 - in the two Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 8:12 - in the Ezekiel 40:14 - the court Revelation 14:1 - I looked

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
every kind of raven,
1 Kings 17:4
You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”
1 Kings 17:6
The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the wadi.
Job 38:41
Who provides the raven’s foodwhen its young cry out to Godand wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9
He provides the animals with their food,and the young ravens, what they cry for.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he brought me to the door of the court,.... Of the inner court, the court of the priests and Levites. Dr. Lightfoot x says this was the east gate, and most common way of entrance; and in that gate the sanhedrim used to sit in these times; and there the prophet sees their council chamber painted about with imagery:

and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall; of one of the chambers of the priests and Levites, where they lay.

x Prospect of the Temple, c. 28. p. 2018.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The door of the court - The seer is brought to another spot. In Ezekiel’s time there were various buildings on the space around the inner court which formed a court or courts, not improbably enclosed by a wall. The idolatries here were viewed as taking place in secret, and it is more in accordance with the temple arrangements to suppose that such chambers as would give room for those rites should belong to the outer than to the inner court. The seer is now outside the wall of the outer court, by the door which leads from it out of the temple-boundary. By breaking through the wall he enters into a chamber which stands in the outer court against the wall near the gate.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 8:7. A hole in the wall. — This we find was not large enough to see what was doing within; and the prophet is directed to dig, and make it larger, Ezekiel 8:8; and when he had done so and entered, he says,-


 
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