Ezekiel 8

Ezekiel 8 is the eighth chapter of the

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Surviving early manuscripts

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[4]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}$^Q; 6th century).^[5][a]

Verse 1

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month,

as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me,

that the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.^[7]

• "In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month": According to the New Oxford Annotated Bible,^[8] this day falls on September 17, 592 BCE; this is also the result of calculations by German theologian Bernhard Lang.^[9]

Ezekiel is depicted sitting in his own house, with the elders of Judah seated before him. The same format occurs in Ezekiel 14:1 and 20:1; theologian Julie Galambush suggests that "apparently the community recognized Ezekiel's prophetic status and regularly sought YHWH's oracles through him".^[3]

Verse 14

So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house;

and to my dismay,

women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. (

NKJV)^[13]

"Weeping for Tammuz": an "ancient ritual of Sumerian origin,"

So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east. (

NKJV)^[23]

• "Worshipping the sun": This practice in Israel is mentioned in 2 Kings 23:5,11 and also "evidenced by artifacts".^[8]

See also

• Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan
• Son of man
• Tammuz
• Related
  Joel 2, Luke 11, 2 Corinthians 12

References

Sources

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• Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans.
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• Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press.
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• Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum.
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• Kee, Howard Clark; Meyers, Eric M.; Rogerson, John; Levine, Amy-Jill; Saldarini, Anthony J. (2008). Chilton, Bruce (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Bible (2, revised ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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• Middlemas, Jill (2005), The Troubles of Templeless Judah, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press,
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• Pryke, Louise M. (2017), Ishtar, New York and London: Routledge,
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• van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; Willem, Pieter (1999), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (second ed.), Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdman's Publishing Company,
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• Warner, Marina (2016) [1976], Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press,
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External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Ezekiel (Bible)

Jewish

• Ezekiel 8 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Ezekiel 8 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary