Ezekiel 8:9

Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Ezekiel immediately after the prophet excavates a wall and locates a hidden entrance in the temple precincts.

The words — The imperative בֹּא (bo'), "go in," and וּרְאֵה (u-re'eh), "and see," function as a direct command to physically enter the space and observe the specific acts described.

The thread — The refusal to remove these detestable practices from sight reappears in Ezekiel 20:8 as the defining marker of Israel's ongoing rebellion.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge the concrete location and nature of the idolatrous acts before any theological explanation, demanding direct confrontation with the recorded violation.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֖אמֶרva/i.Yo.merand/ he said אֵלָ֑י'e.La/ito/ me בֹּ֤אbo'go וּרְאֵה֙u./re.'Ehand/ see אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַתּוֹעֵב֣וֹתha./to.'e.Votthe/ abominations הָרָע֔וֹתha./ra.'ot<the>/ wicked אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.Sherwhich הֵ֥םhemthey עֹשִׂ֖ים'o.Sim[are] doing פֹּֽה׃Pohhere

King James Version

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.