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Ezekiel
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In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord GOD’s hand fell on me there. See also: Ezekiel 20:1Ezekiel 33:31Ezekiel 14:1Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire—from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire, and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal. See also: Ezekiel 1:4Ezekiel 1:26-27Revelation 1:14-15He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north, where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy. See also: Deuteronomy 32:16Ezekiel 11:1Ezekiel 5:11Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain. See also: Ezekiel 3:22-23Ezekiel 1:26-28Ezekiel 11:22-23Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and saw, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. See also: Ezekiel 8:3Jeremiah 3:2Jeremiah 32:34He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you will again see yet other great abominations.” See also: Ezekiel 5:11Ezekiel 10:19Ezekiel 8:9He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. See also: 2 Kings 21:51 Kings 7:12Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door. See also: Isaiah 29:15Amos 9:2-3Job 34:22He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.” See also: Ezekiel 20:8So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall. See also: Romans 1:23Exodus 20:4Jeremiah 16:18Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood, every man with his censer in his hand; and the smell of the cloud of incense went up. See also: Numbers 16:17Numbers 11:16Numbers 16:35Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us. The LORD has forsaken the land.’” See also: Isaiah 29:15Ezekiel 9:9Ezekiel 8:15He said also to me, “You will again see more of the great abominations which they do.” See also: Ezekiel 8:6Jeremiah 9:3Ezekiel 8:15Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and I saw the women sit there weeping for Tammuz. See also: Ezekiel 44:4Ezekiel 46:9Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? You will again see yet greater abominations than these.” See also: Ezekiel 8:6Ezekiel 8:12-132 Timothy 3:13He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and I saw at the door of the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the LORD’s temple and their faces toward the east. They were worshiping the sun toward the east. See also: Deuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 17:3Jeremiah 32:33Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger. Behold, they put the branch to their nose. See also: Ezekiel 9:9Ezekiel 7:23Zephaniah 1:9Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.” See also: Micah 3:4Isaiah 1:15Jeremiah 11:11
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)8 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Ezekiel 8:1
Ver. 1. Sixth of the prophet's captivity, (C.) in August, A. 3411. Usher --- He had rested on his left or right side, whenever he slept during 430 days, and on the following had this vision. W. ---
He was stationed in spirit at the northern gate leading to the court of the priests, and beheld the glory of God and the idol of jealousy. He saw the people, men and women, adoring idols, and priests worshipping the sun. C. ix.
God rests on the gate of the temple, and orders a man to sign those who were to live, and six others to destroy the rest. The prophet prays. C. x. God orders the man clothed in linen to take coals from the cherubim, and sprinkle them through the city. The throne goes to receive the Lord. C. xi. Ezechiel prophesies against many, at the eastern gate; and God informs him that the former captives shall return, but that the wicked at Jerusalem shall perish. His chariot then rests on the mountain to the east of the city. Thus his reasons for punishing the people become evident.
↑ 1Ezekiel 8:2
Ver. 2. Likeness. Sept. add, "of a man," as it had appeared C. i. 27.
↑ 2Ezekiel 8:3
Ver. 3. Lock, like Habacuc; (Dan. xiv. 35.) or by a bandage, on which parts of the law were written. Heb. C. --- Of jealousy; Baal, (S. Jer.) or any other idol, (H.) particularly Adonis. v. 14.
He fell a victim to the jealousy of Mars.
↑ 3Ezekiel 8:10
Ver. 10. About. This was the council chamber. Jer. xxvi. 10. They durst not publicly adore the Egyptian, &c. idols. C. --- They denied Providence. v. 12. H.
--- The wicked do not regard it, and hence fall into idolatry. W.
↑ 10Ezekiel 8:11
Ver. 11. Jezonias. He probably was over the temple, as his father had been. 4 K.
xxii. 3. C.
↑ 11Ezekiel 8:14
Ver. 14. Adonis, the favourite of Venus, slain by a wild boar, as feigned by the heathen poets, and which being here represented by an idol, is lamented by the female worshippers of that goddess.
In Heb. the name is Tammuz, (Ch.) which means "concealed," as Adonis signifies "my lord."
This idol, which the Egyptians called Osiris, was placed in a coffin, and bewailed till it was pretended he was come to life, when rejoicings took place.
Obscene pictures were carried about; and the more honest pagans were ashamed of these practices, which began in Egypt, and became almost general. Moses alludes to them, Lev. xix. 27. Deut. xiv. 1. C. --- David and Solomon say that the image was made of brass, with eyes of lead, which seemed to weep, melting when it was hot. W. --- But this is destitute of proof.
↑ 14Ezekiel 8:16
Ver. 16. Men. Twelve priests and as many Levites officiated daily. The high priest made the twenty fifth. 1 Par. xxiv. --- Sun. They prayed to God, turning their faces to the west: but here they despised him, and adored the sun. Job xxxi. 26. C. --- This posture was common. Illi ad surgentem conversi lumina solum. Æn. xii. Serv. --- Christians did the like, though the reason is not ascertained. C. --- It might be because Christ is the orient, and not to resemble the Jews.
There was no danger of their being taken for idolaters. H.
↑ 16Ezekiel 8:17
Ver. 17. Nose, to hide their faces respectfully, (C.) when they look at the sun rising. H. --- A thyrsus was used in honour of Bacchus, who is often confounded with the sun. Various improbable versions of this text are given. It may signify Heb. "they threw their instruments down before their faces," like the twenty-four elders. Apoc. v. 8. C.
↑ 17License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses