Ezekiel 8:17 meaning and explanation

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

Ezekiel 8:17, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Ezekiel, who has been carried in vision to the Jerusalem temple and shown a series of idolatrous practices there. In verse 17 the Lord names the final outrage: the people fill the land with violence while practicing abominations in the sanctuary.

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