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

He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here to cause me to go far away from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

Ancients

And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, each man with his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

Then certain of the elders of Israel came unto me and sat before me.

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD and sat before me.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which they do in secret.

In the

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

They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.

And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.

The lord seeth

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness, for they have said, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD does not see.

Is not God in the height of the heavens? Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Yet they say, JAH shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Woe unto those that hide themselves from the LORD, covering the counsel; and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

General references

For my eyes are upon all their ways, which they have not hid from me, neither does their iniquity hide from the presence of my eyes.