| Chapter
8 |
| 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 mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the
hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. |
| 2 | 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, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. |
| 3 | And he put forth the form of an
hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; 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, which provoketh to jealousy. |
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4 | And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the vision 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 at the gate of the altar this image of
jealousy in the entry. |
| 6 |
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. |
| 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 behold 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, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. |
| 11 | And there stood before them seventy
men of the ancients of the house of Israel, 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. |
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12 | 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. |
| 13 | He said also
unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they
do. |
| 14 | Then he brought
me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and,
behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | And he brought
me 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 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. |
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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 returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the
branch to their nose. |
| 18 |
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. |
