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 to me, "Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you shall again see yet other great abominations."

Ancients

There stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.

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

It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

In the

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

"These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not 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 works were evil.

The lord seeth

Then he said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD doesn't see.'

"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.

They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider."

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"

General references

For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.