Then the Lord added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said also to me, “You will again see more of the great abominations which they do.”
- KJV He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
- BSB Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
- NKJV And He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”
- NASB And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing!”
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Quick answer
God tells Ezekiel he will see still greater abominations. It signals further escalation in the catalog of Jerusalem's sins.
Overview
The refrain of "greater abominations" structures the vision as a deepening descent into idolatry. Each scene is worse than the last, building the case for God's judgment. The repetition prevents any minimizing of the people's guilt. Such honest accounting of sin's progression magnifies the depth of grace required, fully supplied only in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 8:6He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you will again see yet other great abominations.”
- Ezek 8:15Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? You will again see yet greater abominations than these.”
- Jer 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- 2 Tim 3:13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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