Ezekiel 8: 16

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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
EZEKIEL

CHAPTER 8

16 And he brought me into the inner ^acourt of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the ^bporch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their ^cbacks toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped ^dthe sun toward the east.

Footnotes

16a	1 Kgs. 6: 36. 36 ¶ And he built the inner ^acourt with three rows of ^bhewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
b	1 Kgs. 6: 3. 3 And the ^aporch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
c	Jer. 2: 27. 27 Saying to ^aa stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their ^bback unto me, and not their face: but in the ^ctime of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Jer. 32: 33. 33 And they have turned unto me the ^aback, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
d	IE the sun god of Egyptians, or father of the gods. TG Idolatry.