Ezekiel:8

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And it was in the sixth year , in the sixth [month ], on the fifth of the month , I was sitting in my house , and the elders of Judah were sitting before me . And the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell on me there . * And I looked , and behold ! A likeness as the look of fire ; from the appearance of His loins and downward , [like ] fire . And from His loins and upward as the look of brightness , like the color of polished bronze . * And He put out the form of a hand , and took me by a lock of my head . And the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens , and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem , to the opening of the inner gate facing north , where there [was ] a seat of the image of jealousy , which provokes to jealousy . * And , behold ! The glory of the God of Israel [was ] there , according to the vision that I saw in the plain . * And He said to me , Son of man , lift up your eyes now to the way of the north . So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north , and behold , northward at the gate of the altar the image of jealousy [was ] at the entrance . * And He said to me , Son of man , do you see what they do ; even the great abominations which the house of Israel is doing here , that I should go far off from My sanctuary ? But turn again , [and ] you shall see greater abominations . * And He brought me to the opening of the court ; and I looked , and behold , a hole in the wall . * And He said to me , Son of man , dig in the wall now . And I dug in the wall , and , behold , an opening . * And he said to me . Go in and see the evil abominations that they do here . * And I went in and saw . And behold , every kind of creeping thing , and hateful beast , and all the idols of the house of Israel , were carved on the wall all around . * And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel , and Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan , standing among them , these were before them , and each man with his censor in his hand . And the odor of the cloud of incense was rising . * And He said to me , Son of man , have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark , each man in his image room ? For they are saying , The LORD does not see us ; the LORD has forsaken the earth . * He also said to me , You turn again , [and ] you shall see greater evils that they are doing . * And He brought me to the opening of the gate of the LORD 's house , toward the north . And behold , women were sitting there , weeping for Tammuz . * And He said to me , Have you seen , O son of man ? Turn yet again , [and ] you shall see greater evils than these . * And He brought me into the inner court of the LORD 's house , and behold , at the opening of the temple of the LORD , between the porch and the altar , [were ] about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east ; and they bowed themselves eastward to the sun . * And He said to me , Have you seen , O son of man ? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they do the hateful things which they do here ? For they have filled the land with violence and have turned to provoke Me to anger . And lo , they put the branch to their nose . * And I will also deal with fury ; My eye shall not spare , nor will I have pity . And though they cry in My ears [with ] a loud voice , I will not hear them .

---