12Then 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.
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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 say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. …
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)We have here a further discovery of the abominations that were committed at Jerusalem, and within the confines of the temple, too. Now observe, I. How this discovery is made. God, in vision, brought Ezekiel to the door of the court , the outer court, along the sides of which the priests’ lodgings were. God could have introduced him at first into the chambers of imagery , but he brings him to them…
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