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    TEACHING BOX 5A

    “Son of Man, Do You See This?”

    The four disgusting things that Ezekiel saw in the courtyard and the temple. (Ezek. 8:5-16)

    Apostate Jews bowing down and worshipping an idolatrous image.

    1. IDOLATROUS SYMBOL OF JEALOUSY

    Ezekiel looking into the inner courtyard of the temple, where elders are offering incense to representations of false gods, carved on the wall.

    2. 70 ELDERS OFFERING INCENSE TO FALSE GODS

    Women weeping over the god Tammuz.

    3. “WOMEN . . . WEEPING OVER THE GOD TAMMUZ”

    Twenty-five men in the inner courtyard of the temple bowing down to the sun.

    4. 25 MEN “BOWING DOWN TO THE SUN”

    Return to chapter 5, paragraphs 7-18