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 furthermore unto me, "Thou son of man, seest thou what these do? Seest thou the great abominations that the house of Israel commit in this place? Which ought not to be done in my sanctuary: But turn thee about, and thou shalt see yet greater abominations."

Ancients

There stood also before the images: Seventy lords of the counsel of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. And every one of them had a censor in his hand, and out of the incense there went a smoke, as it had been a cloud.

There resorted unto me certain of the elders of Israel, and sat down by me.

In the seventh year, the tenth day of the fifth Month, it happened that certain of the elders of Israel came unto me, for to ask counsel at the LORD, and sat them down by me.

For it is shame even to name those things which are done of them in secret:

In the

And with that brought he me to the court gate: and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

whereas they, notwithstanding, are rebellious and disobedient enemies: which seek not his light and way, nor turn again in to his path.

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

The lord seeth

Then said he unto me, "The wickedness of the house of Israel and Judah is very great: so that the land is full of blood, and the city full of unfaithfulness. For they say, 'Tush, the LORD regardeth not the earth, he seeth us not.'

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

"Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?"

And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not."

Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide their imagination before the LORD, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, and say, "Who seeth us, or who knoweth us?"

General references

For mine eyes behold all their ways, and they cannot be hid from my face; neither can their wicked deeds be kept close out of my sight.