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

Then the Spirit told me, "Son of Man, don't you see what they're doing? The house of Israel practices awful, detestable things here, so I'm going far away from my sanctuary. But you're about to see things even more detestable than these."

Ancients

I saw 70 men from the elders of the house of Israel standing among them, including Shaphan's son Jaazaniah. Each man held a censer in his hand. As the scent of the cloud of incense ascended,

Later, some men from the elders of Israel came to visit me. After they had sat down in my presence,

On the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, men came from the elders of Israel to seek the LORD. They sat down in front of me.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people in secret.

In the

Then the Spirit brought me to the entrance of the court. As I watched, all of a sudden, there was a hole in the wall!

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

The lord seeth

"The house of Israel and Judah is guilty and theirs is a stubborn guilt, at that!" he replied to me. "The land is filled with blood, and the city overflows with injustice, because they keep saying, "The LORD has abandoned the land,' and "The LORD isn't watching.'

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

Then they say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."

"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'

General references

For I am watching all their ways; they are not hidden from my sight. Their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.