"Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door." — Ezekiel 8:8

Ezekiel 8:8 · KJV

“Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.”

— Ezekiel 8:8

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

Ezekiel 8 — Context

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.

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:15

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Job 34:22

{There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Amos 9:2-3

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. {secret...: Heb. digging}