Ezekiel 8:15

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Ezekiel as "Son of man" immediately after showing him women weeping for Tammuz at the north gate of the sanctuary. He uses this moment to pivot from one observed idolatry to a broader tour of temple corruption.

The words — The Hebrew text places תָּשׁוּב (ta.Shuv, "you will return") between עוֹד (od, "again/ever") and תִּרְאֶה (tir'eh, "you will see"). This syntactic arrangement in Ezekiel 8:15 literally renders as "you will yet return and see," not a simple future statement.

The thread — The prophetic pattern of escalating visual testimony runs through Ezekiel 8:6, 8:9, 8:12, and 8:15. While verses 8:6, 8:12, and 8:15 frame the tour with "do you see this?", verse 8:9 shifts to the command "Go in and see."

Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of specific idolatrous acts before revealing their full scope. It requires the reader to confront the severity of temple corruption without assuming the first observation represents the entirety of the judgment.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרva/i.Yo.merand/ he said אֵלַ֖י'e.La/ito/ me הֲרָאִ֣יתָha./ra.'I.ta¿/ have you seen בֶן־ven-O son of אָדָ֑ם'a.Damhumankind ע֣וֹדodagain תָּשׁ֥וּבta.Shuvyou will return תִּרְאֶ֛הtir.'Ehyou will see תּוֹעֵב֥וֹתto.'e.Votabominations גְּדֹל֖וֹתge.do.Lotgreat מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃me./'E.lehmore than/ these

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 8:6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
Ezekiel 8:9 Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
Ezekiel 8:12 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.