John Trapp on Ezekiel 8:16

Ver. 16. Were about five and twenty men] Theſe ſay ſome, were the King and his Councel: See chap. 11.1.

With their backs toward the Temple] And yet in a part of it: hoc fuit ſignum nimiae improbitatis. Here to turn their poſteriours upon Gods houſe, and Ark, which they were commanded to look towards,Veluti Dominum in certamen provocantes. as a Type of Chriſt, was to bid open defiance to him, and to renounce his ſervice, cum ingenti contumelia ſanctitatis Domini: Oh the unſpeakable patience of God!

And they worſhipped the Sun] So did the Perſians, under the name of Mithra: the Aſſyrians, of Oſiris: the Egyptians of Orus ſon of Iſis, &c. Heathens thought that Chriſtians did ſo too,Tertul. Apol. becauſe anciently they prayed with their faces Eaſtward.