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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 my house, and the ancients of Juda sat before me, that the
hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
2 And I saw, and behold a likeness as the appearance of
fire: from the appearance of his loins, and downward, fire: and from his loins,
and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the appearance of amber.
3 And the likeness of a hand was put forth and took me
by a lock of my head: and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the
heaven, and brought me in the vision of God into Jerusalem, near the inner
gate, that looked toward the north, where was set the idol of jealousy to
provoke to jealousy.
4 And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision which I had seen in the plain.
5 And he said to me: Son of man, lift up thy eyes
towards the way of the north. And I lifted up my eyes towards the way of the
north: and behold on the north side of the gate of the altar the idol of
jealousy in the very entry.
6 And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou see,
thinkest thou, what these are doing, the great abominations that the house of
Israel committeth here, that I should depart far off from my sanctuary? and
turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7 And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I
saw, and behold a hole in the wall.
8 And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the wall. And
when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9 And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked
abominations which they commit here.
10 And I went in and saw, and behold every form of
creeping things, and of living creatures, the abomination, and all the idols of
the house of Israel, were painted on the wall all round about.
11 And seventy men of the ancients of the house of
Israel, and Jezonias the son of Saaphan stood in the midst of them, that stood
before the pictures: and every one had a censer in his hand: and a cloud of
smoke went up from the incense.
12 And he add to me: Surely thou seest. O son of man,
what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private
in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the
earth.
13 And he said to me: If thou turn thee again, thou
shalt see greater abominations which these commit.
14 And he brought me in by the door of the gate of the
Lord's house, which looked to the north: and behold women sat there mourning
for Adonis.
15 And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of
man: but turn thee again: and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house
of the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the
porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having their backs towards
the temple of the Lord, and their faces to the east: and they adored towards
the rising of the sun.
17 And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of
man: is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit these
abominations which they have committed here: because they have filled the land
with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me to anger? and behold they put a
branch to their nose.
18 Therefore I also will deal with them in my wrath: my
eye shall not spare them, neither will I shew mercy: and when they shall cry to
my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.
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