15Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
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. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)Here we have, I. More and greater abominations discovered to the prophet. He thought that what he had seen was bad enough and yet (Ezek. 8:13): Turn thyself again, and thou shalt see yet greater abominations , and greater still, Ezek. 8:15; as before, Ezek. 8:6. There are those who live in retirement who do no think what wickedness there is in this world; and the more we converse with it, and the…
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