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The Prophecy
of Ezechiel 8
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.
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.
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.
And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision which I had seen in the plain.
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.
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.
And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I
saw, and behold a hole in the wall.
And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the wall. And
when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked abominations
which they commit here.
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.
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.
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.
And he said to me: If thou turn thee again, thou shalt
see greater abominations which these commit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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