Ezekiel Sees the Elders Burning Incense to Idols

Ezekiel Sees the Elders Burning Incense to Idols

Emmanuel Higgins@emmanuel_higgins

Ezekiel looks through a hole in a wall at robed elders swinging censers before walls painted with animals and idols.

Mar 14, 2026

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Ezekiel 8: in a vision Ezekiel digs through the wall of the temple court and sees the seventy elders burning incense before images of creeping things. Ezekiel, a priest in a plain linen robe, stands large in the foreground in the jagged opening of a hole dug through a stone wall, horrified, a hand on the broken edge; beyond him, in a dim hidden chamber, elders of Israel in rich robes swing smoking bronze censers before walls painted all around with pictures of creeping things, beasts and idols, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan stands in their midst holding his censer. Shafts of golden light pierce the smoky chamber. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.

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