14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for [a]Tammuz.

15 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:14 A Sumerian fertility god similar to the Gr. god Adonis

14 And he brought me to the doorway of the gate of the house of Yahweh that is toward the north, and look! There were the women sitting weeping for Tammuz. 15 And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man?[a] Still you will see again[b] greater detestable things than these.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:15 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 8:15 Literally “you will return, you will see”