Ezekiel 8:9 — Meaning and Application

Ezekiel 8:1

"And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, {as} I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me."

Ezekiel 8:2

"Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber."

Ezekiel 8:3

"And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where {was} the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy."

Ezekiel 8:4

"And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel {was} there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain."

Ezekiel 8:5

"Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry."

Ezekiel 8:6

"He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? {even} the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, {and} thou shalt see greater abominations."