Ezekiel 8:7-13
World English Bible
7 He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.”
When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.
9 He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”
10 So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall. 11 Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood, every man with his censer in his hand; and the smell of the cloud of incense went up.
12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘Yahweh doesn’t see us. Yahweh has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, “You will again see more of the great abominations which they do.”
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Ezekiel 8:7-13
International Standard Version
Idol Worship in the Temple
7 Then the Spirit[a] brought me to the entrance of the court. As I watched, all of a sudden, there was a[b] hole in the wall! 8 Then he told me, “Son of Man, dig through the wall!” So I dug into the wall. That’s when I uncovered an entrance!
9 Then he told me, “Go on through that entrance, so you may see the wicked, detestable things that they’re committing here.”
10 So I entered, looked around, and there was every form of crawling thing, loathsome animals, and all kinds of idols from the house of Israel carved all around the wall. 11 I saw 70 men from the elders of the house of Israel standing among them, including Shaphan’s son Jaazaniah. Each man held a censer in his hand. As the scent of the cloud of incense ascended, 12 the Spirit[c] asked me, “Do you see, Son of Man, what the elders of Israel’s house are doing in secret, each in the chamber of his own carved idol? They keep saying, ‘God doesn’t see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
13 Then the Spirit[d] told me, “You’re about to see even more detestable practices that they’re doing!”
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- Ezekiel 8:7 Lit. Then he
- Ezekiel 8:7 Lit. one
- Ezekiel 8:12 Lit. he
- Ezekiel 8:13 Lit. Then he
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