Ezekiel Chapter VIII
1. And it came to pass in the sixth year,
in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as
I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the
hand of the LORD GOD fell there upon me.
2. Then I beheld, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire;
from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his
loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of
amber.
3. And be put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of
mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the
heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the
door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the
seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5. Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the
way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the
north; and behold, northward, at the gate of the altar, this image
of jealousy in the entry.
6. He said furthermore unto me; Son of man, seest thou what they
do?—even the great abominations that the house of Israel
committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but
turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations.
7. And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,
behold, a hole in the wall.
8. Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and
when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door.
9. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations
that they do here.
10 So I went in and saw; and. behold, every, form of creeping
things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the of Israel,
portrayed upon the wall round about.
11. And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of
the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the
son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick
cloud of incense went up.
12. Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the
ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the
chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the
Lord hath forsaken the earth.
13. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S
house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women
weeping for Tammuz.
15. Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O Son of
man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations than these.
16. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house,
and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the
porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with
their backs towards the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward
the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O Son of
man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the
abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land
with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger; and, lo,
they put the branch to their nose.
18. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a
loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
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