Ezekiel 8
The Prophet's Vision of
the Abominations in Jerusalem |
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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.
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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 color of amber. Ezek. 1.27
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And he put forth the form of a 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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And, behold, the glory of the God of
Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the
plain. Ezek. 1.28
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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.
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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.
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And he brought me to the door of the
court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now
in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a
door.
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And he said unto me, Go in, and behold
the wicked abominations that they do here.
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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.
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And there stood before them seventy men
of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them
stood Ja-azani'ah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in
his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
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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.
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He said also unto me, Turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they
do.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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