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I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8.htm">King James Bible</a> So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/8.htm">New King James Version</a> So I went in and saw, and there—every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of crawling things and animals and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So I entered and looked, and saw every kind of creeping things and beasts and loathsome things, and all the idols of the house of Israel, carved all around on the wall. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I 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. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every form of detestable thing, crawling creatures and beasts, as well as all the idols of the house of Israel. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Inside, I saw that the walls were covered with pictures of reptiles and disgusting, unclean animals, as well as with idols that the Israelites were worshiping. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So I went in and looked. I saw that the walls were covered with drawings of every kind of crawling creature, every kind of disgusting animal, and all the idols in the nation of Israel. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> So I went in and looked. The walls were covered with drawings of snakes and other unclean animals, and of the other things which the Israelites were worshiping. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> So I entered, looked around, and there was every form of crawling thing, loathsome animals, and all kinds of idols from the house of Israel carved all around the wall. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. <a href="/net/ezekiel/8.htm">NET Bible</a> So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure of creeping thing and beast--detestable images--and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So I went in and saw; and see, every form of crawling creatures, and abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping animals, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around upon the wall. <a href="/web/ezekiel/8.htm">World English Bible</a> So 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I go in, and look, and behold, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast—and all the idols of the house of Israel—carved on the wall, all around, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast -- and all the Idols of the house of Israel -- graved on the wall, all round about, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I came and saw, and behold, every form of creeping thing, and beast of abomination, and all the blocks of the house of Israel, delineated upon the wall round about, round about.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I went in and saw, and behold every form of creeping things, and of living creatures, the abomination, and all the idols of the house of Israel, were painted on the wall all round about. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And entering, I saw, and behold, every kind of image of reptiles and animals, the abominations, and all of the idols of the house of Israel were depicted on the wall all around, throughout the entire place. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Bible</a> I went in and looked—figures of all kinds of creeping things and loathsome beasts, all the idols of the house of Israel, pictured around the wall. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So I went in and looked; there, portrayed on the wall all around, were all kinds of creeping things, and loathsome animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things and abominable beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel portrayed upon the wall round about. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I entered and I saw every form of creepers and of beasts and of abominable things and all the worshiped things of the house of Israel that are portrayed on the wall around<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> So I went in and saw; and behold every detestable form of creeping things and beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> So I went in and looked; and beheld vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1734" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm">The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple</a> …9Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.” 10<a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wā·’ā·ḇō·w (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">So I went in</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’er·’eh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">and looked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/2707.htm" title="2707: mə·ḥuq·qeh (V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms) -- To cut in, carve. A primitive root; to carve; by implication, to delineate; also to entrench.">engraved</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: haq·qîr (Art:: N-ms) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">the wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">was every</a> <a href="/hebrew/8403.htm" title="8403: taḇ·nîṯ (N-fsc) -- Construction, pattern, figure. From banah; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance.">kind</a> <a href="/hebrew/7431.htm" title="7431: re·meś (N-ms) -- Creeping things, moving things. From ramas; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal.">of crawling creature</a> <a href="/hebrew/8263.htm" title="8263: še·qeṣ (N-ms) -- Detestation, detestable thing. From shaqats; filth, i.e. an idolatrous object.">and detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·ḇə·hê·māh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">beast,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">along with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lū·lê (N-mpc) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">the idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> 11Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a> You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16-18</a> that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, / of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, / or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below. <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a> and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13-20</a> The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. / He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. / It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-12</a> They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.” <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14</a> Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. <a href="/psalms/106-19.htm">Psalm 106:19-20</a> At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a> Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a> 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. <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a> Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!” <a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">2 Chronicles 33:7</a> Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a> “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God. <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed on the wall round about.and behold.every<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a> Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:<a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm">Leviticus 11:10-12,29-31,42-44</a> And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: … <a href="/deuteronomy/4-18.htm">Deuteronomy 4:18</a> The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-62.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/148-10.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/job/12-8.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Form</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Loathsome</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/galatians/3-1.htm">Portrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Pourtrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-2.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-8.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-13.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-2.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/hosea/7-8.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-1.htm">Form</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-12.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Loathsome</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Portrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Pourtrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-11.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-17.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 8</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem</a> 5. <a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">is shown the image of jealousy</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">the chambers of imagery</a> 13. <a href="/ezekiel/8-13.htm">the mourners for Tammuz</a> 16. <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">the worshippers toward the sun</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">God's wrath for their idolatry</a> </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'; 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This phrase indicates his obedience and willingness to see the truth, no matter how disturbing. The act of going in and looking signifies a deeper understanding and revelation of the spiritual state of Israel. It reflects the role of a prophet as one who sees and communicates God's perspective to the people.and engraved all around the wall The presence of engravings on the temple walls suggests a deliberate and permanent defilement of a sacred space. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, walls were often used to depict important religious and cultural symbols. The fact that these engravings are in the temple, a place meant for the worship of Yahweh, highlights the severity of Israel's idolatry and spiritual corruption. This act of engraving indicates a deep-seated rebellion against God's commandments, particularly the prohibition against idolatry.was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast The depiction of crawling creatures and detestable beasts is reminiscent of the unclean animals described in Levitical law (Leviticus 11). These images symbolize impurity and chaos, directly opposing the holiness and order that God desires. The presence of such creatures in the temple signifies the extent of Israel's apostasy, as they have embraced pagan practices and turned away from God's covenant. This imagery also echoes the idolatrous practices of surrounding nations, which Israel was warned against.along with all the idols of the house of Israel The mention of idols underscores the primary sin being addressed: idolatry. The house of Israel, chosen to be a holy nation, has instead adopted the worship of false gods, violating the first and second commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>). This idolatry is not just a physical act but represents a spiritual adultery, as Israel has forsaken their covenant relationship with God. The presence of these idols in the temple, the very heart of Israel's worship, indicates a complete spiritual decay and a need for divine intervention and judgment. This scene foreshadows the coming destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, as prophesied by Ezekiel and other prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the central figure in this vision, tasked with conveying God's messages to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The vision takes place in the temple in Jerusalem, a sacred place that has been defiled by idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a> The event described is a vision of the abominations committed by the Israelites, specifically the worship of idols within the temple. 4. <a href="/topical/c/creeping_things_and_detestable_beasts.htm">Creeping Things and Detestable Beasts</a> These represent the various idols and false gods that the Israelites were worshiping, contrary to God's commandments. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel.htm">The House of Israel</a> Refers to the people of Israel, who have turned away from God and engaged in idolatrous practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is a serious sin that leads to spiritual decay. We must guard our hearts against anything that takes the place of God in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god's_dwelling.htm">The Holiness of God's Dwelling</a> The temple was meant to be a holy place. As believers, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, and we must strive to keep our lives pure and dedicated to God. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness.htm">Spiritual Blindness</a> The Israelites were blind to their sin, justifying their actions. We must regularly examine our lives and seek God's guidance to avoid spiritual blindness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a> God sees all, including the hidden sins of our hearts. We cannot hide our actions from Him, and we must live transparently before Him. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite the severity of their sin, God offers a path to repentance and restoration. We must be willing to turn back to God and seek His forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 8</a> <a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of “creeping things” if this contradicts the temple’s strict laws against idolatry? </a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a> <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> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_women_wept_for_tammuz.htm">In Ezekiel 8:14, is there historical or archaeological proof that women publicly wept for Tammuz in the Jerusalem temple at this time? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts.--The description of the idolatrous rites here practised clearly indicates their Egyptian origin. Creature worship was indeed practised among other nations, and the painting of idolatrous objects upon walls is expressly mentioned in <a href="/context/ezekiel/23-14.htm" title="And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,">Ezekiel 23:14-16</a>, as introduced by the Jews from Chaldaea; yet the combination is so thoroughly Egyptian, and the political relations of the time also point so strongly in the same direction, that the origin seems settled. It was during this period that Jeremiah was obliged to contend strenuously against the desire of a considerable part of the court to enter into an alliance with Egypt against Chaldaea. The party among the Jews who sought an Egyptian alliance, as abundantly appears from Jeremiah, was also the party most unwilling to submit to the Divine commandments. They were the persons who engaged in this creature-worship; and they are here represented as constituting the leaders of the nation. As if this were not enough, "all the idols of the house of Israel," gathered from every quarter, were also portrayed upon the walls.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Every form of creeping things. The words obviously paint the theriomorphic worship of Egypt, the scarabseus probably being prominent. The alliance between Jehoiakim and Pharaoh (<a href="/2_kings/24.htm">2 Kings 24</a>:33-35), and which Zedekiah was endeavouring to renew, would naturally bring about a revival of that cultus. Small chambers in rock or tomb filled with such pictured symbols were specially characteristic of it (Gosse, 'Monuments of Egypt,' p. 6; 'Ammian. Marcellin.,' 22:15). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So I went in וָאָבוֹא֮ (wā·’ā·ḇō·w) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go and looked, וָֽאֶרְאֶה֒ (wā·’er·’eh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see and וְהִנֵּ֨ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! engraved מְחֻקֶּ֥ה (mə·ḥuq·qeh) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2707.htm">Strong's 2707: </a> To carve, to delineate, to entrench all around סָבִ֥יב ׀ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around the wall הַקִּ֖יר (haq·qîr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> A wall was every כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every kind תַּבְנִ֜ית (taḇ·nîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8403.htm">Strong's 8403: </a> Structure, a model, resemblance of crawling creature רֶ֤מֶשׂ (re·meś) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7431.htm">Strong's 7431: </a> A reptile, any other rapidly moving animal and detestable שֶׁ֔קֶץ (še·qeṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8263.htm">Strong's 8263: </a> Detestation, detestable thing beast, וּבְהֵמָה֙ (ū·ḇə·hê·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal along with all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the idols גִּלּוּלֵ֖י (gil·lū·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> A log, an idol of the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and saw (Ezek. 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