Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. New Living Translation They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger. English Standard Version by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. Berean Standard Bible When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. Berean Literal Bible by their giving their threshold next to My threshold, and their doorpost beside My doorpost, and the wall between Me and between them. And they have defiled My holy name by the abominations that they did, and I finished them off in My anger. King James Bible In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. New King James Version When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. New American Standard Bible by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. NASB 1995 by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. NASB 1977 by setting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. Legacy Standard Bible by putting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger. Amplified Bible by setting their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, with [only] the wall between Me and them. They have defiled and desecrated My holy name by the vile atrocities which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. Berean Annotated Bible When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. Christian Standard Bible Whenever they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in my anger. Holman Christian Standard Bible Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the detestable acts they committed. So I destroyed them in My anger. American Standard Version in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Contemporary English Version Israel's kings built their palaces so close to my holy temple that only a wall separated them from me. Then these kings disgraced me with their evil ways, and in my fierce anger I destroyed them. English Revised Version in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door post beside my door post, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. GOD'S WORD® Translation They put their doorway by my doorway and their doorposts by my doorposts. Only a wall separated me from them. They dishonored my holy name because of the disgusting things that they have done. So I destroyed them in my anger. Good News Translation The kings built the doorsills and doorposts of their palace right against the doorsills and doorposts of my Temple, so that there was only a wall between us. They disgraced my holy name by all the disgusting things they did, and so in my anger I destroyed them. International Standard Version by their setting up their threshold too close to my threshold and their door post too close to my door post, with a wall between me and them. After all, they have defiled my holy name by the loathsome things that they did, so I devoured them in my anger. NET Bible When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger. New Heart English Bible in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost beside my doorpost, and there was but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger. Webster's Bible Translation In their setting of their threshhold by my threshholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in my anger. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleWhen they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. World English Bible in their setting of their threshold by my threshold and their door post beside my door post. There was a wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn their putting their threshold with My threshold, "" And their doorpost near My doorpost, "" And the wall between Me and them, "" And they have defiled My holy Name, "" By their abominations that they have done, "" And I consume them in My anger. Berean Literal Bible by their giving their threshold next to My threshold, and their doorpost beside My doorpost, and the wall between Me and between them. And they have defiled My holy name by the abominations that they did, and I finished them off in My anger. Young's Literal Translation In their putting their threshold with My threshold, And their door-post near My door-post, And the wall between Me and them, And they have defiled My holy name, By their abominations that they have done, And I consume them in Mine anger. Smith's Literal Translation In their giving their threshold with my thresholds, and their door-post by my door-posts, and the wall between me and between them, and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they did: and consuming them in my anger. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey who have set their threshold by my threshold, and their posts by my posts: and there was but a wall between me and them: and they profaned my holy name by the abominations which they committed: for which reason I consumed them in my wrath. Catholic Public Domain Version They have fabricated their threshold beside my threshold, and their doorposts beside my doorposts. And there was a wall between me and them. And they defiled my holy name by the abominations which they committed. Because of this, I consumed them in my wrath. New American Bible When they placed their threshold against my threshold and their doorpost next to mine, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by the abominations they committed, and I devoured them in my wrath. New Revised Standard Version When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they were defiling my holy name by their abominations that they committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor they used to make their gates beside my gates, and their door posts beside my doorposts, and there was only a wall between me and them; they have even defiled my holy name by the iniquities which they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For they were making their gates by the side of my gates, and their borders on the side of my borders, and a wall was between me and them, and they polluted the name of my holiness in the evil that they had done, and I consumed them in my anger OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917in their setting of their threshold by My threshold, and their door-post beside My door-post, and there was but the wall between Me and them; and they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; wherefore I have consumed them in Mine anger. Brenton Septuagint Translation when they set my door-way by their door-way, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple…7and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths. 8When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. 9Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.… Cross References When they placed their threshold next to My threshold 2 Kings 21:4-7 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. / He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. … Jeremiah 7:9-11 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. Deuteronomy 12:5-7 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. and their doorposts beside My doorposts, 1 Kings 6:31-35 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. / The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. / In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance. … 1 Samuel 1:9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. Exodus 12:7 They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. with only a wall between Me and them, Exodus 19:12-13 And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. / No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” Numbers 18:22-23 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. / The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat. they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Ezekiel 36:20-23 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ / But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. / Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. … Leviticus 18:24-30 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. / But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. … Jeremiah 32:34-35 They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. / They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger. Ezekiel 5:13-17 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken. / I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. / So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken. … Deuteronomy 29:22-28 Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. / All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. / So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ … Lamentations 2:1-5 How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. / Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. / In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. … Leviticus 26:11-12 And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you. / I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people. Treasury of Scripture In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger. setting Ezekiel 5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. Ezekiel 8:3-16 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy… Ezekiel 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. and the wall between me and them. Jump to Previous Abominations Anger Committed Consume Consumed Defiled Destruction Disgusting Door Doorpost Door-Post Doorposts Doorstep Holy Pillar Placed Post Posts Putting Setting Threshhold Threshholds Threshold Thresholds Unclean Wall Wherefore WrathJump to Next Abominations Anger Committed Consume Consumed Defiled Destruction Disgusting Door Doorpost Door-Post Doorposts Doorstep Holy Pillar Placed Post Posts Putting Setting Threshhold Threshholds Threshold Thresholds Unclean Wall Wherefore WrathEzekiel 43 1. The returning of the glory of God into the temple7. The sin of Israel hindered God's presence 10. The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house 13. The measures 18. and ordinances of the altar When they placed their threshold next to My threshold This phrase highlights the proximity of the Israelites' idolatrous practices to the sacred space of God. In ancient Near Eastern culture, thresholds were significant as they marked the entrance to a dwelling, symbolizing the boundary between the sacred and the profane. The Israelites' actions of placing their threshold next to God's indicate a blatant disregard for the holiness of God's temple. This reflects a broader theme in Scripture where God's people are called to be separate from idolatry and sin (2 Corinthians 6:16-17). and their doorposts beside My doorposts with only a wall between Me and them they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed Therefore I have consumed them in My anger Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites. 2. The Temple The holy place where God's presence dwelt among His people, central to Israelite worship and identity. 3. The Israelites God's chosen people, who were in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry. 4. God's Holy Name Represents God's character and reputation, which the Israelites defiled through their actions. 5. Abominations Refers to the idolatrous practices and sins that the Israelites committed, which were detestable to God. Teaching Points Holiness of God's DwellingGod's presence demands holiness. Just as the physical temple was to be kept pure, our lives as temples of the Holy Spirit must be free from sin. Consequences of Defilement Sin and idolatry have serious consequences. The Israelites' actions led to God's anger and their exile, reminding us of the importance of obedience. Proximity to God Physical proximity to holy things does not equate to spiritual closeness. The Israelites were near the temple but far from God in their hearts. Reverence for God's Name Our actions reflect on God's name. We must live in a way that honors and glorifies Him, avoiding anything that would bring dishonor. Repentance and Restoration Despite judgment, God offers hope and restoration. Ezekiel's later chapters speak of a renewed temple and relationship with God, encouraging us to seek repentance. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Ezekiel 43:8?2. How does Ezekiel 43:8 illustrate the importance of reverence for God's holiness? 3. What consequences arise from defiling God's name, as seen in Ezekiel 43:8? 4. How can we ensure our actions honor God's "holy name" today? 5. In what ways does Ezekiel 43:8 connect to the First Commandment? 6. How can we avoid "defiling" our relationship with God in daily life? 7. What does Ezekiel 43:8 reveal about God's holiness and human sinfulness? 8. How does Ezekiel 43:8 challenge our understanding of sacred space? 9. Why is the separation of God's house and human dwellings significant in Ezekiel 43:8? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 43? 11. How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment? 12. If Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 40 was meant as a literal blueprint, why hasn't this Temple been constructed in the centuries that followed? 13. In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry? 14. How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure? What Does Ezekiel 43:8 Mean When they placed their threshold next to My threshold• God is speaking of Israel’s leaders who physically built their royal quarters right against the temple complex, erasing the clear boundary between the Lord’s house and human authority (2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Kings 16:10–16). • A threshold marks the point where one realm ends and another begins. By crowding God’s threshold, the rulers signaled that their realm could intrude on His—an arrogant denial of His exclusive lordship (Exodus 19:12; Ezekiel 8:3–5). • The verse affirms that the temple is not merely sacred space but God’s earthly throne room; any attempt to merge it with human power structures profanes that holiness. and their doorposts beside My doorposts • Doorposts in Scripture represent covenant identity (Deuteronomy 6:9; Exodus 12:7). Israel was commanded to mark them with God’s words, but instead the rulers set their own posts flush with His, mingling politics, idolatry, and worship (2 Kings 21:4–7). • The intent was convenience—“slide your worship next door to mine”—yet it produced confusion between what is holy and what is common (Leviticus 10:10). • God’s doorposts must stand alone, unmixed and uncompromised. with only a wall between Me and them • The single wall symbolizes a token separation: outward form without inward distinction (Ezekiel 8:7–12). • In their thinking, a thin barrier was “good enough”; in God’s eyes it mocked His call to wholehearted devotion (Jeremiah 7:2–11). • The wall also hints at hypocrisy—public piety in the temple, private sin next door. What humans hide behind walls, God sees and judges (Hebrews 4:13). they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed • “Defiled” means they dragged God’s reputation through the mud by practicing idolatry and injustice while claiming to be His people (Leviticus 19:12; Ezekiel 36:20–23). • Abominations included setting up foreign altars, occult practices, and moral corruption (2 Kings 23:4–14; Ezekiel 8:15–17). • God’s name is His character displayed; when those bearing it live in sin, the watching nations assume the Lord condones evil (Romans 2:24). Therefore I have consumed them in My anger • Righteous wrath followed persistent rebellion. The Babylonian invasion, temple destruction, and exile fulfilled this consuming judgment (2 Kings 25:8–17; Lamentations 2:1–9). • God’s anger is never capricious; it is the settled opposition of His holiness to sin (Nahum 1:2–3). • Even in judgment He preserves a remnant and promises restoration, as Ezekiel’s later temple vision demonstrates (Ezekiel 43:10–12; 48:35). summary Ezekiel 43:8 exposes how Judah’s leaders tried to domesticate God by crowding His house with their own. They blurred sacred boundaries, practiced idolatry next door to His sanctuary, and dragged His name into their sin. Because God’s holiness cannot coexist with defilement, He responded with consuming judgment. Yet the broader context of Ezekiel assures that once sin is judged and boundaries are rightly honored, the glory of the Lord will return to dwell among a purified people forever. (8) And the wall between.--The sense is given in the margin: there was only a wall between me and them.Verse 8. - In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds etc. The first "their" can only refer to "the house of Israel and their kings;" the second "their" may also allude to these, but is best taken as pointing to the "idols," whose thresholds or temples, according to the view adopted of the preceding verse, were set up in the court of Jehovah's temple, and so close to the latter that nothing stood between them except the temple wall Smend, who favors the second view of the preceding verse, considers this verse as a complaint against the kings for having erected their royal residence on Mount Zion, in the immediate vicinity of the temple; but as David's palace was older than the temple, it is not likely Ezekiel was guilty of perverting history in the manner this hypothesis would imply.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When they placedבְּתִתָּ֨ם (bə·ṯit·tām) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set their threshold סִפָּ֜ם (sip·pām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5592: A vestibule, a dish next to אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case My threshold סִפִּ֗י (sip·pî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5592: A vestibule, a dish and their doorposts וּמְזֽוּזָתָם֙ (ū·mə·zū·zā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4201: A doorpost, gatepost beside אֵ֣צֶל (’ê·ṣel) Preposition Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity My doorposts, מְזוּזָתִ֔י (mə·zū·zā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4201: A doorpost, gatepost with only a wall וְהַקִּ֖יר (wə·haq·qîr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7023: A wall between Me and them, בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 996: An interval, space between they defiled וְטִמְּא֣וּ ׀ (wə·ṭim·mə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean My holy קָדְשִׁ֗י (qāḏ·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity name שֵׁ֣ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name by the abominations בְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹתָם֙ (bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol they committed. עָשׂ֔וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make Therefore I have consumed וָאֲכַ֥ל (wā·’ă·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 398: To eat them אֹתָ֖ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case in My anger. בְּאַפִּֽי׃ (bə·’ap·pî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire Links Ezekiel 43:8 NIVEzekiel 43:8 NLT Ezekiel 43:8 ESV Ezekiel 43:8 NASB Ezekiel 43:8 KJV Ezekiel 43:8 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 43:8 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 43:8 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 43:8 French Bible Ezekiel 43:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 43:8 In their setting of their threshold (Ezek. 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