Ezekiel 8 - Introduction

Chapter 8. Ezekiel Is Transported to Jerusalem And Sees the Situation For Himself.

In this chapter Ezekiel is transported in Spirit to Jerusalem and shown many of the abominations which would result in judgment. We must remember that we are here dealing in vision. Thus it may be that what Ezekiel ‘saw' included an element of spiritual interpretation, of ‘seeing' what was not apparent on the surface.

The abominations seen include an abominable image, probably Canaanite (Ezekiel 8:3), a secret chamber of idolatrous representations, possibly Egyptian (Ezekiel 8:6), weeping for Tammuz (previously Dumuzi, the Sumerian god of vegetation who was lord of the underworld - Ezekiel 8:13) and sun worship (Ezekiel 8:16).