The Books of the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. Scientific line-by-line explanation of the Bible. Andrey Tikhomirov

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      Chapter 8

      1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the LORD God fell upon me there. («The hand of the Lord God has descended upon me» 0 Ezekiel was hypnotized with the help of hand passes).

      2 And I saw, and behold, the likeness [of a man], as it were, of fire, and from his loins and below – fire, and from his loins and above – as it were a radiance, as it were the light of a flame. (The hypnotist was all in flames, it was necessary for a better hypnotic effect).

      3 And he stretched out his hand, as it were, and took me by the hair of my head, and the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem to the entrance of the inner gate facing north, where the idol of jealousy was set up, stirring up jealousy. («Visions» – hypnotic effects, «stretched out his hand» – a pass with the hand of a hypnotist, «took me by the hair» – the use of «sacred» hair, after these actions the hypnotized fell into a trance, it began to seem to him that he was in Jerusalem, at a pagan idol, which arouses the Jerusalem priests jealousy. It is also possible that Ezekiel in a hypnotic state came together with the hypnotist to the Jerusalem temple).

      4 And behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel, like that which I saw in the field. («The glory of the God of Israel» is a hypnotic state).

      5 And he said to me, «Son of man! lift up your eyes to the north. And I lifted up my eyes to the north, and behold, on the north side at the gate of the altar – that idol of jealousy at the entrance. (The voice of the hypnotist inspires any «visions», there was a pagan idol at the altar).

      6 And he said to me, Son of man! Do you see what they are doing? What great abominations does the house of Israel do here, that I should depart from My sanctuary? but turn around and you’ll see even bigger abominations. (The hypnotist’s voice. Ezekiel thus becomes a witness to the outrageous facts of the Jews’ betrayal of their god, and moreover in the very «house of Yahweh», in the Jerusalem temple).

      7 And he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and I looked, and behold, there was a hole in the wall. (The hypnotist leads the hypnotized to the well).

      8 And he said to me, «Son of man! dig through the wall; and I dug through the wall, and here is some kind of door. (The instruction to dig through the wall, the hypnotized obediently performs).

      9 And he said to me, «Come in and see the disgusting abominations that they are doing here.» (An indication of «disgusting abominations»).

      10 And I went in, and I saw, and behold, all kinds of images of reptiles and unclean animals, and all kinds of idols of the house of Israel, painted on the walls all around. (The temple is covered with images of reptiles, unclean animals and idols. Ezekiel, before his captivity, probably observed something similar in the Jerusalem temple. Obviously, there was a place for pagan cults in the «house of Yahweh», perhaps these were the figures of the beast-headed Egyptian gods. In any case, in these frescoes, in front of which incense and libations were performed, one can reasonably see remnants of ancient totemism and the cult of animals).

      11 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stand before them, and Jezaniah the son of Safan is among them; and each one has his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense is lifted up. (Smoking, creating a cloud – using smoke for God).

      12 And he said to me, «Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his own painted room? for they say: «The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken this land.» (The elders of the Israelites left «their» god, according to the rule of Talion, since Yahweh «forgot» them).

      13 And he said to me, Turn around, and you will see even greater abominations, which they do. (Referring to other «abominations», worshipping the wrong gods).

      14 And he brought me to the entrance of the gate of the house of the Lord, which is to the north, and behold, there are women sitting weeping for Tammuz (Tammuz-Tammuz was the dying and resurrecting Babylonian god of the vegetable power of nature, whose worshippers on certain days of the year mourned the death of their god, and then celebrated his resurrection).

      15 And he said to me, «Do you see, son of man? turn around, and you’ll see big abominations. (Referring to other «abominations», worshipping the wrong gods).

      16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men [stand] with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces to the east, and bow to the east to the sun. (Sun worship, Sun worship was also performed in the temple of Yahweh).

      17 And he said to me, Do you see, son of man? is it not enough for the house of Judah to do such abominations as they do here? but they have also filled the earth with wickedness, and they are especially angering Me; and behold, they bring branches to their noses. (They worship the wrong gods).

      18 Therefore will I also act with fury; my eye will not spare, and I will not have mercy; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them. (Yahweh will «take revenge» as an offended, vindictive person. This is not surprising, when the Jews got to Babylon, the religion of Yahweh experienced a powerful onslaught from paganism, and the prophets and priests of Yahweh really became the «guardians» of their religion).

      Chapter 9

      1 And he cried in my ears with a great voice, saying, Let the chastisers of the city come near, each with his own destructive instrument in his hand. (Punishers are coming).

      2 And behold, six men were coming from the upper gate facing north, and each had in his hand his destructive instrument, and among them one dressed in linen, who had a scribe’s device on his belt. And they came and stood by the brazen altar. (Punishers are coming).

      3 And the glory of the God of Israel came down from the cherub on which it was, to the threshold of the house. And He called a man dressed in linen clothes, who had a scribe’s device on His belt. (The show continues).

      4 And the LORD said to him, «Go through the middle of the city, in the middle of Jerusalem, and make a sign on the foreheads of the people who are grieving and sighing for all the abominations that are committed in the midst of it. (The indication of the «secret» priest about the sign).

      5 And he said to them in my hearing: Follow him through the city and strike; let not your eye spare, and spare not; (Permission to kill).

      6 Beat the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and the baby, and the wives to death, but do not touch any person on whom the mark is, and start from my sanctuary. And they began with those elders who were in front of the house. (It is allowed to kill those who do not have a sign).

      7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courtyards with the slain, and go out. And they went out and began to kill in the city. (Mass killings of those who do not obey the Jewish priests).

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