Ezekiel 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 6. That I should go far from my sanctuary.] Which is now become omnium turpitudinum arx (as was once said of Pompey's great theatre at Rome), a receptacle of all roguery, et impiae gentis arcanum, as afterward Florus unworthily called it.

And thou shalt see greater abominations.] All sins are not equally sinful then, as the Stoics affirmed, but there are degrees of abominations. See Deuteronomy 32:5. See Trapp on " Deu 32:5 "

Ezekiel 8:6

6 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.