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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Again, he said, &#8220You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, <i>and</i> thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And He said to me, “Turn again, <i>and</i> you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And He said to me, &#8220Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are doing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He also said to me, “Yet again you will see even greater repulsive acts which they are committing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again he said to me, “You will see even more detestable acts that they are committing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again He said to me, &#8220You will see even more detestable things, which they are committing.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He said also unto me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I will show you something even worse than this." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He said also unto me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he said to me, "You will see even more disgusting things that they are doing."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, "You are going to see them do even more disgusting things than that." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the Spirit told me, "You're about to see even more detestable practices that they're doing!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Again, He told me, ?You will see them committing even greater abominations.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, "You will see them practicing even greater abominations!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said also to me, "You shall again see yet other great abominations which they do."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He said also to me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said also to me, “You will again see more of the great abominations which they do.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He says to me, “Turn again, [and] see [the] great abominations that they are doing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And He saith unto me, 'Again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations that they are doing.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he said to me, Thou shalt turn back yet; thou shalt see great abominations which they are doing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said to me: If thou turn thee again, thou shalt see greater abominations which these commit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said to me: “If you turn again, you will see even greater abominations, which these ones are committing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He said: You will see them practicing even greater abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations that they are committing.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He said also to me, Turn round again, and you shall see greater abominations that they are doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he said to me again: “Turn, you shall see the great abomination that they are committing”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He said also unto me: 'Thou shalt again see yet greater abominations which they do.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said to me, Thou shalt see yet greater iniquities which these do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1779" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm">The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’ ” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: tā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He told</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: tir·’eh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">“You will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">committing</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">even greater</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">abominations.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">Jeremiah 7:17-18</a></span><br />Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? / The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3-7</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">2 Chronicles 33:3-7</a></span><br />For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17-19</a></span><br />Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. / But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.” / “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-17</a></span><br />They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-17</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20-21</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4-5</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. / And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-5</a></span><br />Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-16.htm">Acts 17:16</a></span><br />While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He said also to me, Turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do.</p><p class="hdg">greater</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Ezekiel 8:6,15</a></b></br> He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? <i>even</i> the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, <i>and</i> thou shalt see greater abominations… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3</a></b></br> And they bend their tongues <i>like</i> their bow <i>for</i> lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a></b></br> But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Committing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Committing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-15.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">is shown the image of jealousy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">the chambers of imagery</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-13.htm">the mourners for Tammuz</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">the worshippers toward the sun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">God's wrath for their idolatry</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Again, He told me</b><br>This phrase indicates a continuation of a vision or message from God to the prophet Ezekiel. It suggests a sequence of revelations, emphasizing the progressive nature of the visions Ezekiel is receiving. In the context of <a href="/ezekiel/8.htm">Ezekiel 8</a>, God is revealing the idolatrous practices occurring in the temple in Jerusalem. This ongoing communication underscores the intimate relationship between God and His prophets, as seen throughout the Old Testament, where God frequently speaks directly to His chosen messengers (e.g., Moses in <a href="/exodus/3.htm">Exodus 3</a>, Isaiah in <a href="/isaiah/6.htm">Isaiah 6</a>).<p><b>“You will see them</b><br>Here, "them" refers to the leaders and people of Israel, particularly those involved in temple worship. The use of "see" implies that Ezekiel is being shown a vision, a common method through which God communicates divine truths and judgments to His prophets. This visual revelation is meant to convey the seriousness of the situation and the depth of Israel's unfaithfulness. The act of seeing in prophetic visions is significant, as it often involves spiritual insight beyond physical sight, as seen in other prophetic books like Daniel and Revelation.<p><b>committing even greater abominations.”</b><br>The term "abominations" refers to practices that are detestable and offensive to God, often associated with idolatry and pagan worship. In the historical and cultural context of ancient Israel, abominations included the worship of foreign gods, which was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a>). The phrase "even greater" suggests a progression or escalation in the severity of these sins, indicating that the people of Israel were not only continuing in their idolatry but were deepening their rebellion against God. This is consistent with the pattern of Israel's history, where periods of idolatry often led to greater moral and spiritual decline, as seen in the books of Kings and Chronicles. The prophetic warning here serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God, a theme echoed in the New Testament, where believers are warned against idolatry and called to faithfulness in Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14, 1</a> <a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the recipient of God's visions and messages, tasked with delivering them to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, revealing to Ezekiel the abominations being committed by the Israelites, highlighting their idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where these abominations are taking place, specifically within the temple, which was meant to be a holy place dedicated to the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, which has been defiled by idolatrous practices, as shown in the visions given to Ezekiel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/abominations.htm">Abominations</a></b><br>Refers to the idolatrous and sinful practices being committed by the Israelites, which are detestable in the sight of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can also be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god's_dwelling.htm">The Holiness of God's Dwelling</a></b><br>The temple was meant to be a place of holiness. As believers, our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, and we must strive to keep them pure and dedicated to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_awareness_of_sin.htm">God's Awareness of Sin</a></b><br>God sees all actions, even those done in secret. We cannot hide our sins from Him, and we must live with integrity and transparency before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_progressive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Progressive Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often starts small but can grow into greater abominations if left unchecked. We must be vigilant in addressing sin in its early stages.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the abominations, God’s desire is for His people to repent and return to Him. We must be willing to turn away from sin and seek God's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ezekiel_9_symbolic,_not_literal.htm">Could Ezekiel 9 be interpreted as a purely symbolic vision rather than a literal event, and if so, why include graphic details?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_8_13_align_with_god's_promises.htm">How is God's statement in Jeremiah 8:13 that He will take away the harvest reconciled with other passages promising provision and protection for the faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_need_a_mark_if_god_knows_all.htm">Why would a supernatural mark (Ezekiel 9:4) be necessary if God is omniscient and already knows who is righteous?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Again,</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֣וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He told</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֖אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“You will see</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְאֶ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(tir·’eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֥מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">committing</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשִֽׂים׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even greater</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדֹל֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">abominations.”</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֵב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Ezekiel 8:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/8-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 8:13 He said also to me You shall (Ezek. 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