fe. n Which 115 forbiden, and ſuch PiQures are to be deſtroyed, Numb. 33. 52.
indeed is the Hand which took him by the Head, gently, but with (6 Poſſibly they had the ſame ſer of Idols by different Givers, and
mighty Strength.
were with him. p He ſeemed to fly as a ſwift Bird through the A:-, o Carried me to ſee Jeruſalem ; where in Viſions ſtrange and gloriou:, I beheld what was done there ; this was no Deluſion but a Revelation from Heaven, though all was done in an Extaſy ; yet he was fully af- ſured of every Particular he ſaw done in the Temple, whither he was carried in his Spirit not Body, by the Hand or Spirit of Chriſt. » To the Door of the Gate of the inner Court, or Court of the Prieſts, s The Temple-Courts had four Gates towards the four Quarters of the World; and this was the North-Gate, which opened into the great Court where 4haz had ſet up his Pamaſcen Altar, 2 Kings 16. 11, and where the Idols were ſer too. Manaſſeh had-ſet up, 2 Kings 21. 7. and Joſiah had deſtroyed, and ſucceeding Kings had again ſetup. #= Becauſe it was ſo notorious an Affferont to God who had maried !ſrae! to himſelf, that above ail other it provoked him to Anger againſt this People.
4 And behold, the x glory of the God of Iſrael was 7 there, z according to the viſion that I ſaw * in the
2 Chron. 4. 9.
ay
plain.
ax See chap. 1. 28. and cap. 3. 23. y Wither he carried me, and there ir ſhewed me whar I ſaw. z Like that, which gave farther Confirmation to the Propher, and encouraged him in his
Work and Cal).
5 T @ Then faid he uuto me, Son of man, 5 lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north : fol lift up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, north- ward at the gate c of the altar, this image d of jealouſie
in the entry c.
a When he had 1g Viſion brought me hither. & Obſerve diligently and exaGtly every thing which thou mayeſt ſee Northward firſt. «c So called becauſe 4haz had removed it from the middle of the Court, where by God's Command *twas placed by Solomon ; but now Ahax ſet- ting itnear this North-Gate, it gave name to theGate : Or poſſibly, be cauſe of an Altar erected there tofame Idol by Manaſſeh. 4 See wer. 3, &-c. e In the very midſt of the Court, is the very Paſlage to the
Temple,to affront the Worſhip of God.
6 He ſeid furthermore unto me, Son of man, f ſeeſt thou what g they do ? ever the great þ abominations that the houſe of Iſrael committeth 7 here, that I & ſhould go far off from my ſancuary / ? but turn thee yet again, and thou ſhalt ſee greater abominations.
f Doeſt thou obſerve. g the Inhabitants, the generality of the Jews. + The notorious Idolatries. 7 In this Court in view of my Temple, and where all that come ( as moſt did ) this Way to worſhip me, ce it, ſo ſhameleſs is it ! & Not that they deſigned this, bur eventually 'twas ſo, and in all reaſon could be no otherwiſe expeQed. 7 Thar I choſe, but am not confined to that ; I ſhall leave not by local diſtance, but by rejeQting and caſting it off, and laying it deſolate.
7 T And he brought me to the /door of the 2 court; and when I 7 looked, behold, a »« hole in the
wall.
7 The ſecond Door, for there were two in the North-ſide. m werſe 3. - Some ſay 'twas the Court into which the Levites only, not the People might enter ; and round about which were the Chambers of the Prieſt. z Probably, being at the Door of the Court, he might eſpy ſuch a Hole in the oppolite wall that was toward the Temple ; whereon were built the Treaſury-Chamber, and Chambers for T'ithes, and for other Neceſlaries about the Temple-Worſhip; and for the Prieſts Lodgings, in which theſe Abominations were aCted. through which he might ſee ſomewhat, though not much of what
was done within.
8 Then faid he unto me, Son of man, o dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behoid a
door p.
o Beſide that, the Hole he ſaw in the Wall was not quite through ; it was not great enough for him to go through, therefore he is com- manded to dig one large enough to ceme at the Door mentioned in this Verſe. p Some very private Door by which the idolatrous Prieſts entred mto the Chamber of their imagery, to perform idolatrous Worſhi p to their Images, or the Door of the Treaſury.
9 And he ſaid unto me, q Go in, and r behold the s wicked abominations that they do * here. ,
9 This was to ſecure him ; he need fear neither the Violence which Idolaters uſually ſhew againſt thoſe that diſcover them, nor yer any le- gal Impurity by coming ſo near theſe abominable things. » Look dili- gently that thou maiſt particularly reprove theſe, and denounce my juſt Tudgmentrs againſt them. s The moſt abominable Wickedneiles ; theſe are loathſom in their Nature, and multiplied in number before me. e Are dving here, Heb. before the evil day appeared fo near, they did, and under the Approach of Judgments, they are ſtill doing at this day, in this very place under thz Walls of my Temple.
o Or little blind Window
—
o Very probably in the Sight of the Elders who | by difterent Painters, drawn on the Walls of the Chamber or Houſe
of Idols. | I: And there b ſtood before them c ſeventy men of the
the 4 antients of the houſe of Iſrael, and in the e midſt of them ſtood Jaazaniah the ſon of F. Shaphan, with g every man his cenſer in his hand, and a + thick cloud of 3 in.
cenſe went up.