| 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month,
in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders
of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
2 Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the
appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as
the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal. 3 And 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 the visions of God to
Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh
toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which
provoketh to jealousy. 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain. 5 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 of the
gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 And he said unto
me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the
house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary?
but thou shalt again see yet other great abominations. 7 And he brought me
to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold, a door. 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and see
the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 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, portrayed upon the wall round about. 11 And
there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and
in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his
censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then
said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of
Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say,
Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. 13 He said also unto
me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do.
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah's house which was
toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou
shalt again see yet greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me
into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the
temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces
toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
17 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
turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their
nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; 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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