Ezekiel 8:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

Hast

Ezekiel 8:6

Ancients

In the

Ezekiel 8:7

Job 24:13

John 3:19

The lord seeth

Isaiah 29:15

General references

Jeremiah 16:17

Bible References

Hast

And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”

Ancients

Standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising.

Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

In the

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

The lord seeth

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

They have said, “The Lord does not see,

Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
And whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

General references

For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.