Ezekiel 8:1-11

Ezekiel 8:1-11

[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 mine house,  and the elders  of Judah  sat  before  me, that the hand  of the Lord  GOD  fell  [2] 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 colour  of amber.  [3] And he put forth  the form  of an 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.  [4] And, behold, the glory  of the God  of Israel  was there, according to the vision  that I saw  in the plain.  [5] 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,  at the gate  of the altar  this image  of jealousy  in the entry.  [6] 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.  [7] And he brought  me to the door  of the court;  and when I looked,  behold a  hole  in the wall.  [8] Then said  he unto me, Son  of man,  dig  now in the wall:  and when I had digged  in the wall,  behold a  door.  [9] And he said  unto me, Go in,  and behold  the wicked  abominations  that they do  [10] 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,  pourtrayed  upon the wall  round about.  [11] And there stood  before  them seventy  men  of the ancients  of the house  of Israel,  and in the midst  of them stood  Jaazaniah  the son  of Shaphan,  with every man  his censer  in his hand;  and a thick  cloud  of incense  went up.