It came about in the sixth
year
, on the fifth
day of the sixth
month
, as I was sitting
in my house
with the elders
of Judah
sitting
before
me, that the hand
of the Lord
1GOD
fell
on me there
.
Then I looked, and behold
, a likeness
as the appearance
of 1a man
; from His loins
and downward
there was the aappearance
of fire
, and from His loins
and upward
the appearance
of brightness
, like the appearance
bof 2glowing
metal
.
He stretched out the form
of a hand
and caught
me by a lock
of my head
; and the aSpirit
lifted
me up between
earth
and heaven
and brought
me in the visions
of God
to Jerusalem
, to the entrance
of the 1north
gate
of the inner
court, where
the seat
of the idol
of jealousy
, which
bprovokes
to jealousy
, was located.
And behold, the aglory
of the God
of Israel
was there
, like the appearance
which
I saw
in the plain
.
Then He said to me, "Son
of man
, araise
your eyes
now
toward
the north
." So I raised
my eyes
toward
the north
, and behold
, to the north
of the altar
gate
was this
bidol
of jealousy
at the entrance
.
And He said to me, "Son
of man
, do
you see
what
they are doing
, the great
aabominations
which
the house
of Israel
are committing
here
, so that I would be far
from My sanctuary
? But yet
you will see
still
greater
abominations
."
Then He brought me to the entrance
of the court
, and when I looked
, behold
, a hole
in the wall
.
He said to me, "Son
of man
, now
adig
through the wall
." So I dug
through the wall
, and behold
, an entrance
.
And He said to me, "Go
in and see
the wicked
abominations
that they are committing
here
."
So I entered and looked
, and behold
, every
form
of creeping
things
and beasts
and detestable
things
, with all
the idols
of the house
of Israel
, were carved
on the wall
all
around
.
Standing in front
of them were aseventy
belders
of the house
of Israel
, with Jaazaniah
the son
of Shaphan
standing
among
them, each
man
with his ccenser
in his hand
and the fragrance
of the cloud
of incense
rising
.
Then He said to me, "Son
of man
, do you see
what
the elders
of the house
of Israel
are committing
in the dark
, each
man
in the room
of his carved
images
? For they say
, ` aThe LORD
does not see
us; the LORD
has bforsaken
the land
.' "
And He said to me, "Yet
you will see
still
greater
abominations
which
they are committing
."
Then He brought me to the entrance
of the agate
of the LORD'S
house
which
was toward
the north
; and behold
, women
were sitting
there
weeping
for Tammuz
.
He said to me, "Do you see
this, son
of man
? Yet
you will see
still
greater
abominations
than
these
."
Then He brought me into the inner
court
of the LORD'S
house
. And behold
, at the entrance
to the temple
of the LORD
, between
the porch
and the altar
, were about twenty-five
men
with their abacks
to the temple
of the LORD
and their faces
toward the east
; and bthey were 1prostrating
themselves eastward
toward the sun
.
He said to me, "Do you see
this, son
of man
? Is it too light
a thing
for the house
of Judah
to commit
the abominations
which
they have committed
here
, that they have afilled
the land
with violence
and bprovoked
Me repeatedly
? For behold
, they are putting
the twig
to their nose
.
"Therefore, I indeed will deal
in wrath
. My eye
will have
no
pity
nor
will I spare
; and athough they cry
in My ears
with a loud
voice
, yet I will not listen
to them."