Ezekiel 8

Revised Geneva Translation

8 And in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there.

² Then, I looked. And lo, there was a likeness, as the appearance of fire from His loins downward, and from His loins upward as the appearance of brightness, and like amber.

³ And He stretched out the likeness of a Hand and took me by a hairy lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between the Earth and Heaven and brought me (in this vision) to Jerusalem, into the entry of the inner gate that lies toward the North, where there remained the idol of jealousy, which provoked jealousy.

⁴ And behold, the Glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the field.

⁵ Then He said to me: “Son of man, lift up your eyes toward the North now.” So, I lifted up my eyes toward the North. And behold, Northward, at the gate of the Altar, was this idol of jealousy in the entry.

⁶ Furthermore, He said to me: “Son of man, do you not see what they do—the great abominations that the House of Israel commits here, to cause Me to depart from My Sanctuary? But turn again. You shall yet see greater abominations.”

⁷ And He caused me to enter at the gate of the court. And when I looked, behold, a hole was in the wall.

⁸ Then He said to me: “Son of man, dig in the wall now.” And when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.

⁹ And He said to me: “Go in and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.”

¹⁰ So I went in and looked. And behold, there was every likeness of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the House of Israel, painted upon the wall, all around.

¹¹ And seventy ancients of the House of Israel stood before them. And Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, stood in the midst of them, each man with his censor in his hand; and the vapor of the incense went up like a cloud.

¹² Then He said to me: “Son of man, have you seen what the ancients of the House of Israel do in the dark, each one in the chamber of his idols? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us. The LORD has forsaken the Earth.’”

¹³ Again, He said also to me, “Turn again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do.”

¹⁴ And He caused me to enter into the entry of the gate of the LORD’s House which was toward the North. And behold, women sat there, mourning for Tammuz.

¹⁵ Then He said to me: “Have you seen, O son of man? Turn again, and you shall see greater abominations than these.”

¹⁶ And He caused me to enter 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 twenty-five 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 to me: “Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a small thing to the House of Judah to commit these abominations which they do here? For they have filled the land with cruelty, and have returned to provoke Me. And lo, they have put the branch before their noses.

¹⁸ “Therefore, I will also execute wrath. 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.”