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Ezek.8.16

Ezekiel 8:16

KJV

And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19
KJV
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

A Warning against Idolatry

Deuteronomy 17:3
KJV
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Purge the Idolater

2 Kings 23:11
KJV
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Josiah Destroys Idolatry

2 Chronicles 29:6
KJV
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

Reforms Begun
Job 31:26
KJV
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

Job’s Final Appeal

Jeremiah 2:27
KJV GOD
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Jeremiah 44:17
KJV
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

The Stubbornness of the People

Ezekiel 8:15
KJV GOD
¶ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

Ezekiel 10:3
KJV
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

God’s Glory Exits the Temple

Ezekiel 23:39
KJV GOD
For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

Judgment on Both Sisters

Ezekiel 40:6
KJV
¶ Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

The East Gate

Ezekiel 43:8
KJV GOD
In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.

The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple

Ezekiel 46:1
KJV GOD
Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

The Prince’s Offerings

Joel 2:17
KJV GOD
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Return with All Your Heart