Ezekiel:8

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* And it came to pass in the sixth year , in the sixth month , on the fifth day of the month , that I was sitting in my house , and the elders of Judah were sitting before me ; and there fell upon me there the inspiration of the Lord Eternal . * And I saw , and , behold , there was a likeness similar to the appearance of fire ; from the appearance of his loins downward , it was fire ; and from his loins upward , it was similar to the appearance of a bright light , like the glitter of amber . * And he stretched forth the form of a hand , and took me by the locks of my head ; and a spirit bore me 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 wrath . * And , behold , there was the glory of the God of Israel , like the appearance which I had seen in the valley . * And he said unto me , Son of man , do but lift up thy eyes in the direction toward the north . So I lifted up my eyes in the direction toward the north , and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy at the entrance . * Then said he unto me , Son of man , seest thou what they are doing ? great abominations are they that the house of Israel commit here , to make me go far away from my sanctuary ; but thou shalt yet see still other great abominations . * And he brought me to the door of the court : and I looked , and behold there was a hole in the wall . * Then said he unto me , Son of man , do break in the wall : and I broke in the wall , and , behold , there was a door . * And he said unto me , Go in , and see the wicked abominations which they are doing here . * So I went in and saw ; and behold there was every form of creeping things , and cattle , abominations , and all the idols of the house of Israel , engraven upon the wall all round about . * And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel , and Yaazanyahu the son of Shaphan standing in the midst of them , were standing before them , and every man had his censer in his hand ; and a thick curling cloud of incense was ascending upward . * Then said he unto me , Son of man , hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark , every man in his image –chambers ? for they say , The Lord seeth us not : the Lord hath forsaken the earth . * And he said unto me , Thou shalt yet again see still other great abominations that they are doing . * And he brought me to the entrance of the gate of the Lord ’s house which was on the north side : and , behold , there sat the women weeping for Thammuz . * Then said he unto me , Hast thou seen this , O son of man ? Thou shalt yet again see still other greater abominations than these . * 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 were prostrating themselves eastward to the sun . * Then said he unto me , Hast thou seen this , O son of man ? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here ? for they have filled the land with violence , and they constantly repeat to provoke me to anger ; and , lo , they stretch forth the branch to their nose . * Therefore I also will deal in fury ; my eye shall not look with pity , and I will not spare : and though they call before my ears with a loud voice , will I still not hear them .

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