(KJV) Ezekiel 8¹

⥃The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year², in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [as] I sat in mine house, and the³ elders of Judah sat before me, that the⁴ hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. [2] Then I beheld⁵, 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 amber⁶. [3] And he put⁷ forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit⁸ lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door⁹ of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where [was] the seat of the image¹⁰ of jealousy, which provoketh¹¹ to jealousy. [4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel [was] there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.¹²

[5] [¶]Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift¹³ up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the¹⁴ gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. [6] He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest¹⁵ thou what they do? [even¹⁶] the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I¹⁷ should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater¹⁸ abominations.

[7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.¹⁹ [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.²⁰ [9] And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they²¹ do here. [10] So I went in and saw; and behold²² every²³ 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 seventy²⁴ men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan²⁵, with every²⁶ man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. [12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast²⁷ thou seen what the ancients²⁸ of the house of Israel do in the²⁹ dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth³⁰ us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater³¹ abominations that they do. [14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which [was] toward³² the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

[15] [¶]Then said he unto me, Hast³³ thou seen [this], O son of man? turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater³⁴ abominations than these. [16] And he brought me into the inner³⁵ court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door³⁶ of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, [were] about³⁷ five and twenty men, with their³⁸ backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces³⁹ toward the east; and they⁴⁰ worshipped the sun toward the east.

[17] [¶]Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light⁴¹ thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for⁴² they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put⁴³ the branch to their nose. [18] Therefore will I also⁴⁴ deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though⁴⁵ they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, [yet] will I not hear them.