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  1. The date<\/em>. The sixth year of the exile of Jehoiachin. The destruction won\u2019t take place for another five years. As far as the Judahites are concerned, and those in Babylonia as well, there is a Temple in Jerusalem, and God\u2019s presence is still among them. Ezekiel\u2019s vision shows what is really happening in the Temple, and where God\u2019s presence has taken itself to (hint: see verses 3-4. The full answer will be in the coming chapters).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. A diverse cult<\/em>. The \u201cinfuriating image (<\/span>semel)<\/span><\/i>\u201d towards the north (3) was apparently a Canaanite cultic image; Tammuz (14) was Mesopotamian; the sun god (16), Egyptian; and there were many more fetishes, images and abominations. The Temple to the God of Israel, the one God, is described as an idolatrous free-for-all, with no boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Anarchy.<\/em> In verse 12 we hear a view that was common at that time \u201c\u2018The LORD does not see us; the LORD has abandoned the country.\u2019\u201d The disasters that befell Judah are interpreted as the lack of divine providence. What Ezekiel sees in the Temple and in the streets is a result of this understanding – if no one is watching, and there is no responsible adult, there is social, moral and religious anarchy.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Seeing through walls<\/em>. Through the wall, via a special hole, Ezekiel sees the secret cultic ceremonies. This is also a sort of answer to those who felt that \u201cGod couldn\u2019t see\u201d (or wasn\u2019t watching).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Bewailing Tammuz<\/em>. In the courtyard of the Temple there were women, sitting and bewailing Tammuz (14). Tammuz (from \u2018dumuzi\u2019) was a Sumerian god, who according to the myth, died and went down to the underworld (later rising in return), and in his folk cult there were mourning rites. The Hebrew month of Tammuz, one of the hot, dry summer months, is named for him, coming to the Land of Israel with the return of the exiles from Babylonia, who brought back their calendar.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Lawlessness<\/em>. In humanity\u2019s pre-history, 454 chapters ago (Gen. 6) – \u201cthe world was filled with lawlessness.\u201d And then came the Flood. What does that mean about what can be expected for Jerusalem. 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