8In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting down in my house, with the elders of Judah seated in front of me. All of a sudden, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there,H8345H8141H8345H2568H2320H3427H1004H2205H3063H3427H6440H3027H136H3069H5307 2and I saw a likeness comparable to the appearance of a man. From his thighs downward there was the appearance of fire, and from his waist upward, there was the appearance of brightness that looked like brass.H7200H1823H4758H784H4758H4975H4295H784H4975H4605H4758H2096H5869H2830 3The form of a hand reached out and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, brought me toward Jerusalem, and in visions that came from God took me through the doors of the inner gate that faced north, where an image that provoked God's jealous anger had been erected.H7971H8403H3027H3947H6734H7218H7307H5375H776H8064H935H4759H430H3389H6607H6442H8179H6437H6828H4186H5566H7068H7069 4All of a sudden, the glory of the God of Israel was there!. It looked like what I had seen back in the valleyH3519H430H3478H4758H7200H1237 5Then he said to me, "Son of Man look up toward the north." So I looked off toward the north. Suddenly, off toward the north, facing the gate that led to the altar, the image that provoked God's jealousy was standing near the entrance.H559H1121H120H5375H5869H1870H6828H5375H5869H1870H6828H6828H8179H4196H5566H7068H872 6Then he said to me, "Son of Man, don't you see what they're doing?The house of Israel practices awful, detestable things here, so I'm going far away from my sanctuary. But you're about to see even greater detestable things than these."H559H1121H120H7200H6213H1419H8441H1004H3478H6213H7368H4720H7725H7200H1419H8441 7Then he brought me to the entrance of the court. As I watched, all of a sudden, there was a hole in the wall!H935H6607H2691H7200H259H2356H7023 8Then he said to me, "Son of Man, dig through the wall!" So I dug into the wall. That's when I uncovered an entrance!H559H1121H120H2864H7023H2864H7023H259H6607 9Then he said to me, "Go on through that entrance, so you may see the wicked, detestable things that they're committing here."H559H935H7200H7451H8441H6213 10So I entered, looked around, and there was every form of crawling thing, loathsome animals, and all kinds of idols from the house of Israel carved all around the wall.H935H7200H8403H7431H8263H929H1544H1004H3478H2707H7023H5439 11I saw 70 men from the elders of the house of Israel standing among them, including Shaphan's son Jaazaniah. Each man held a censer in his hand. As the scent of the cloud of incense ascended,H5975H6440H7657H376H2205H1004H3478H8432H5975H2970H1121H8227H376H4730H3027H6282H6051H7004H5927 12he asked me, "Do you see, son of Man, what the elders of Israel's house are doing in secret, each in the chamber of his own carved idol?They keep saying, 'God doesn't see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.'"H559H1121H120H7200H2205H1004H3478H6213H2822H376H2315H4906H559H3068H7200H3068H5800H776 13Then he said to me, "You're about to see even more detestable practices that they're doing!"H559H7725H7200H1419H8441H6213 14Then he brought me to the entrance of the gate to the Lord's temple, which faced the north. That's where I saw women seated, weeping for Tammuz.H935H6607H8179H3068H1004H6828H3427H802H1058H8542 15Then he asked me, "Do you see this, Son of Man?You're about to see even more detestable practices than these. "14H559H7200H1121H120H7725H7200H1419H8441 16Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord's temple. There, at the entrance to the Lord's temple, between the porch and the altar, were 25 men, with their backs toward the Lord's temple and facing the east, prostrating themselves to the sun.H935H6442H2691H3068H1004H6607H1964H3068H197H4196H2568H6242H376H268H1964H3068H6440H6924H7812H8121H6924 17"Do you see this, Son of Man? he asked me. "Is it an insignificant thing for Judah's house to commit the detestable things that they're doing here?They've filled the land with violence and turned away from me, causing me to become angry again. Look how they're sniffing twigs with their noses!H559H7200H1121H120H7043H1004H3063H6213H8441H6213H4390H776H2555H7725H3707H7971H2156H639 18I'm going to deal with them in rage and anger. I'll show neither pity nor compassion. They'll cry right into my ears with a loud voice, but I won't listen to them."H6213H2534H5869H2347H2550H7121H241H1419H6963H8085
