Ezekiel 8

1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

2 Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.

3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

4 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

5 “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.

6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

7 Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

8 “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

9 Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

10 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

11 Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

12 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

13 Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”

14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

15 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

16 So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

17 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

18 Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

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 colour of amber.

3 And he 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 house of Israel, pourtrayed 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 toward 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.

1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, that I sat in mine house, and the ancients of Judah sat before me: and there the hand of the LORD God fell upon me.

2 And, behold, I saw that from his loins downward was as it were fire; but above his loins was light.

3 And he reached out as it were a hand, and took me by the hair of my head. Then a wind led me between heaven and earth, and brought me to Jerusalem in a divine vision unto the inner gate that standeth toward the north, where an image sat in vexation to the master of the house.

4 And, behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel, as I had seen it before in the field.

5 And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes toward the north. And when I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, behold, toward the north sat the fretful image at the gate of the altar, even as one goeth in.

6 And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou also what these do, which are great abominations, which the house of Israel doeth here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But thou shalt see yet greater abominations.

7 And he brought me to the door of the court: and I looked, and, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

8 And he said unto me, Son of man, dig through the wall. And when I had digged through the wall, behold, there was a door.

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they do in all these places.

10 And when I was come in, and looked, behold, there were all manner of graven images, and all manner of beasts, and all manner of abominations, and all manner of idols of the house of Israel, made round about upon the wall,

11 Before whom stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel: and Jazaniah the son of Shaphan stood also among them; and every man had his incense in his hand. And there arose a thick mist from the incense.

12 And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what the elders of the house of Israel do in darkness, every man in his goodliest chamber? For they say, The LORD seeth us not: but the LORD hath forsaken the land.

13 And he said unto me, Thou shalt see yet greater abominations that they do.

14 And he brought me in unto the gate of the LORD'S house, which is toward the north: and, behold, there sat women weeping over the Thamus.

15 And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou this? But thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

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 hall and the altar, there were twenty and five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, praying toward the rising of the sun.

17 And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah, that they all do such abominations here? for they do violence and wrong throughout all the land, and go about and provoke me also: and, behold, they hold the vines to their noses.

18 Therefore will I deal fiercely with them, and mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I be gracious unto them. Though they cry with a loud voice in mine ears, yet will I not hear them.