Ezekiel 8:8
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And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the wall, and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

Job 34:22 There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.

Isaiah 29:15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Jeremiah 2:34 And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.

Jeremiah 23:24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Amos 9:2,3 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered. . . .

Context
The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple
7And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I saw, and behold a hole in the wall. 8And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the wall, and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.9And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they commit here.…
Cross References
Isaiah 29:15
Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Ezekiel 8:7
And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I saw, and behold a hole in the wall.

Ezekiel 8:9
And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they commit here.

Lexicon
“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of man,”
אָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

He told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

me,
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“dig
חֲתָר־ (ḥă·ṯār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

through the wall.”
בַקִּ֑יר (ḇaq·qîr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

So I dug
וָאֶחְתֹּ֣ר (wā·’eḥ·tōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

through the wall
בַּקִּ֔יר (baq·qîr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

and discovered
וְהִנֵּ֖ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

a doorway.
פֶּ֥תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way


Additional Translations
“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dig in the wall, behold a door.

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 to me, Son of man, dig: so I dug, and behold a door.

And he said unto me, Son of man, dig now through the wall; and I digged through the wall, and behold, a door.

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

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

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

and He saith unto me, 'Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.
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