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Ezekiel 8:8

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

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital and the site of the temple, where God had placed his name among his covenant people. In Ezekiel’s vision, the hidden entrance in the temple court exposes idolatry within this sacred center of worship, explaining the seriousness of Jerusalem’s coming judgment.

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Ezekiel 8:8 mentions Jerusalem.

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