8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year,
in the fifth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, I was sitting in the
house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me: and the hand of the
Lord came upon me.
8:2 And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and
downwards [there was] fire, and from his loins upwards [there was] as the
appearance of amber.
8:3 And he stretched forth the likeness of a hand, and took me by the crown
of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, and
brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of Elohim, to the porch of the gate that
looks to the north, where was the pillar of the Purchaser.
8:4 And, behold, the glory of Yehovah Elohim of Israel was there, according to
the vision which I saw in the plain.
8:5 And he said to me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes toward the north. So I
lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and, behold, [I looked] from the north
toward the eastern gate.
8:6 And he said to me, Son of man, hast thou seen what these do? They commit
great abominations here so that I should keep away from my sanctuary: and
thou shalt see yet greater iniquities.
8:7 And he brought me to the porch of the court.
8:8 And he said to me, Son of man, dig: so I dug, and behold a door.
8:9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the iniquities which they practise
here.
8:10 So I went in and looked; and beheld vain abominations, and all the
idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about.
8:11 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jechonias the
son of Saphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one
held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up.
8:12 And he said to me, Thou hast seen, son of man, what the elders of the
house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber: because they
have said, Yehovah see not; Yehovah has forsaken the earth.
8:13 And he said to me, Thou shalt see yet greater iniquities which these
do.
8:14 And he brought me in to the porch of the house of Yehovah that looks
to the north; and, behold [there were] women sitting there lamenting for
Thammuz.
8:15 And he said to me, Son of man, thou hast seen; but thou shalt yet see
[evil] practices greater then these.
8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yehovah, and at
the entrance of the temple of Yehovah, between the porch and the altar,
were about twenty men, with their back parts toward the temple of Yehovah,
and their faces [turned] the opposite way; and these were worshipping the
sun.
8:17 And he said to me, Son of man, thou hast seen this. [Is it] a little
thing to the house of Judah to practise the iniquities which they have
practised here? for they have filled the land with iniquity: and, behold,
these are as scorners.
8:18 Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor
will I have any mercy. |
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 mine house,
and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of Yehovah GOD fell
there upon me.
8:2 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.
8:3 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 Elohim 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.
8:4 And, behold, the glory of the Elohim of Israel was there, according to the
vision that I saw in the plain.
8:5 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, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
8:6 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.
8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a
hole in the wall.
8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they
do here.
8:10 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.
8:11 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.
8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of
the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his
imagery? for they say, Yehovah seeth us not; Yehovah hath forsaken the
earth.
8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations that they do.
8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yehovah's house which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of Yehovah's house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of Yehovah, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of
Yehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
toward the east.
8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light
thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned
to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither
will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet
will I not hear them. |