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8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the {d} visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner {e} gate that looketh toward the north; where [was] the seat of the image of {f} jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
(d) Meaning that he was thus carried in spirit, and not in body.
(e) Which was the porch or the court where the people assembled.
(f) So called, because it provoked God's indignation, which was the idol of Baal.
8:3 And - This, and all the passages to the end of the 16th verse , was done in vision only. Inner gate - To the door of the gate of the inner court. The north - The temple courts had four gates towards the four quarters, and this was the north gate, which opened into the great court where Ahaz had set up his Damascen altar, and where the idols were set up. The image - Baal, which Manasseh had set up, Josiah had destroyed, but succeeding kings had again set it up. Jealousy - Because it was so notorious an affront to God, who had married Israel to himself.
8:1-6 The glorious personage Ezekiel beheld in vision, seemed to take hold upon him, and he was conveyed in spirit to Jerusalem. There, in the inner court of the temple, was prepared a place for some base idol. The whole was presented in vision to the prophet. If it should please God to give any man a clear view of his glory and majesty, and of all the abominations committing in any one city, he would then admit the justice of the severest punishments God should inflict thereon.
Court Door Earth Form Forth Gate Hand Head Image Inner Jealousy Jerusalem Lock North Provoketh Seat Sky Spirit Visions
Court Door Earth Form Forth Gate Hand Head Image Inner Jealousy Jerusalem Lock North Provoketh Seat Sky Spirit Visions
