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Ezekiel 8
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The Spirit Carried Me in Visions

8In the sixth year, in the sixth month and the fifth day, while I was sitting at home meeting with the leaders of Judah, it happened that the hand of my Master, GOD, gripped me.H8345H8141H8345H2568H2320H3427H1004H2205H3063H3427H6440H3027H136H3069H5307 2When I looked, I was astonished. What I saw looked like a man—from the waist down like fire and from the waist up like highly burnished bronze.H7200H1823H4758H784H4758H4975H4295H784H4975H4605H4758H2096H5869H2830 3He reached out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair. The Spirit swept me high in the air and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple's inside court where the image of the sex goddess that makes God so angry had been set up.H7971H8403H3027H3947H6734H7218H7307H5375H776H8064H935H4759H430H3389H6607H6442H8179H6437H6828H4186H5566H7068H7069 4Right before me was the Glory of the God of Israel, exactly like the vision I had seen out on the plain.H3519H430H3478H4758H7200H1237 5He said to me, "Son of man, look north." I looked north and saw it: Just north of the entrance loomed the altar of the sex goddess, Asherah, that makes God so angry.H559H1121H120H5375H5869H1870H6828H5375H5869H1870H6828H6828H8179H4196H5566H7068H872 6Then he said, "Son of man, do you see what they're doing? Outrageous obscenities! And doing them right here! It's enough to drive me right out of my own Temple. But you're going to see worse yet."H559H1121H120H7200H6213H1419H8441H1004H3478H6213H7368H4720H7725H7200H1419H8441 7He brought me to the door of the Temple court. I looked and saw a gaping hole in the wall.H935H6607H2691H7200H259H2356H7023 8He said, "Son of man, dig through the wall." I dug through the wall and came upon a door.H559H1121H120H2864H7023H2864H7023H259H6607 9He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."H559H935H7200H7451H8441H6213 10I entered and looked. I couldn't believe my eyes: Painted all over the walls were pictures of reptiles and animals and monsters—the whole pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses—being worshiped by Israel.H935H7200H8403H7431H8263H929H1544H1004H3478H2707H7023H5439 11In the middle of the room were seventy of the leaders of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in the middle. Each held his censer with the incense rising in a fragrant cloud.H5975H6440H7657H376H2205H1004H3478H8432H5975H2970H1121H8227H376H4730H3027H6282H6051H7004H5927 12He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, 'GOD doesn't see us. GOD has forsaken the country.'"H559H1121H120H7200H2205H1004H3478H6213H2822H376H2315H4906H559H3068H7200H3068H5800H776 13Then he said, "You're going to see worse yet."H559H7725H7200H1419H8441H6213 14He took me to the entrance at the north gate of the Temple of GOD. I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz, the Babylonian fertility god.H935H6607H8179H3068H1004H6828H3427H802H1058H8542 15He said, "Have you gotten an eyeful, son of man? You're going to see worse yet."H559H7200H1121H120H7725H7200H1419H8441 16Finally, he took me to the inside court of the Temple of GOD. There between the porch and the altar were about twenty-five men. Their backs were to GOD's Temple. They were facing east, bowing in worship to the sun.H935H6442H2691H3068H1004H6607H1964H3068H197H4196H2568H6242H376H268H1964H3068H6440H6924H7812H8121H6924 17He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures.H559H7200H1121H120H7043H1004H3063H6213H8441H6213H4390H776H2555H7725H3707H7971H2156H639 18That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."H6213H2534H5869H2347H2550H7121H241H1419H6963H8085


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