Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
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Gill's Exposition
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's house, which was towards the north,.... By "the Lord's house" no doubt is meant the temple, which the Targum here calls the house of the…
Barnes' Notes
The seer is now brought back to the same gate as in Eze 8:3. It is not certain that this verse refers to any special act of Tammuz-worship. The month in which the vision was seen, the sixth month…
Adam Clarke
There sat women weeping for Tammuz - This was Adonis, as we have already seen; and so the Vulgate here translates. My old MS. Bible reads, There saten women, mornynge a mawmete of lecherye that is…
Here we have,
I. More and greater abominations discovered to the prophet. He thought that what he had seen was bad enough and yet (Eze 8:13): Turn thyself again, and thou shalt see yet greater…
Cambridge Bible
The women bewailing Tammuz
14. gate of the Lord's house i.e. outside the whole temple buildings to the north gate of the outer court; cf. ch. Eze 10:19; Eze 11:1. The term "house" embraces all the…