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In the sixth year ,
in the sixth month ,
on the fifth day of the month ,
as I sat in my house ,
with the elders of Judah sitting before me ,
the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me .
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Then I beheld ,
and ,
lo ,
a form that had the appearance of a man ;
below what appeared to be his loins it was fire ,
and above his loins it was like the appearance of brightness ,
like gleaming bronze .
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He put forth the form of a hand ,
and took me by a lock of my head ;
and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven ,
and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem ,
to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north ,
where was the seat of the image of jealousy ,
which provokes to jealousy .
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And behold ,
the glory of the God of Israel was there ,
like the vision that I saw in the plain .
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Then he said to me , "
Son of man ,
lift up your eyes now in the direction of the north ."
So I lifted up my eyes toward the north ,
and behold ,
north of the altar gate ,
in the entrance ,
was this image of jealousy .
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And he said to me , "
Son of man ,
do you see what they are doing ,
the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here ,
to drive me far from my sanctuary ?
But you will see still greater abominations ."
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And he brought me to the door of the court ;
and when I looked ,
behold ,
there was a hole in the wall .
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Then said he to me , "
Son of man ,
dig in the wall ";
and when I dug in the wall ,
lo ,
there was a door .
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And he said to me , "
Go in ,
and see the vile abominations that they are committing here ."
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So I went in and saw ;
and there ,
portrayed upon the wall round about ,
were all kinds of creeping things ,
and loathsome beasts ,
and all the idols of the house of Israel .
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And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel ,
with Ja-azani '
ah the son of Shaphan standing among them .
Each had his censer in his hand ,
and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up .
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Then he said to me , "
Son of man ,
have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark ,
every man in his room of pictures ?
For they say , `
The LORD does not see us ,
the LORD has forsaken the land .'"
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He said also to me , "
You will see still greater abominations which they commit ."
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Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD ;
and behold ,
there sat women weeping for Tammuz .
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Then he said to me , "
Have you seen this ,
O son of man ?
You will see still greater abominations than these ."
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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 porch and the altar ,
were about twenty-five men ,
with their backs to the temple of the LORD ,
and their faces toward the east ,
worshiping the sun toward the east .
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Then he said to me , "
Have you seen this ,
O son of man ?
Is it too slight a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here ,
that they should fill the land with violence ,
and provoke me further to anger ?
Lo ,
they put the branch to their nose .
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Therefore I will deal in wrath ;
my eye will not spare ,
nor will I have pity ;
and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice ,
I will not hear them ."