Ezekiel:8

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* 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 . * 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 ma #al #, as the appearance of brightness , as the colour of amber . * And he put forth the form of an hand , and took me by a lock of mine head ro #sh #; 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 qin #ah #, which provoketh to jealousy . * And , behold , the glory of the God of Israel was there , according to the vision that I saw in the plain biq #ah #. * 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 b @#ah #. * 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 tow #ebah #. * And he brought me to the door of the court ; and when I looked , behold a hole in the wall . * Then said he unto me , Son of man , dig now in the wall : and when I had digged in the wall , behold a door . * And he said unto me , Go in , and behold the wicked abominations that they do here . * 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 Yisra #el #, pourtrayed upon the wall round about . * And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel Yisra #el #, 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 . * 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 . * He said also unto me , Turn thee yet again , and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do . * Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORDS house which was toward the north ; and , behold , there sat women weeping for Tammuz . * 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 . * And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDS 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 . * 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 . * 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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