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Abominations in the Temple and in Jerusalem

And then[a] in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me.[b] And the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there, and I saw,[c] and look! A figure like the appearance of a man;[d] from the appearance of his waist and below was fire, and from his waist and upward[e] was like the appearance of brightness,[f] like the outward appearance of[g] amber. And he sent out the form of a hand, and he took me by a lock of hair of my head, and the Spirit lifted me between earth and heaven, and it brought me to Jerusalem in visions of God to the doorway of the inner gate that faced north,[h] at which there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which was making jealous. And look! There was the glory of the God of Israel like the vision that I saw in the valley.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:1 Literally “and it happened”
  2. Ezekiel 8:1 Literally “to the face of me”
  3. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “looked”
  4. Ezekiel 8:2 Hebrew “fire”; but reading the BHS note 2b, “a man.”
  5. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “to above”
  6. Ezekiel 8:2 Or “shining metal”
  7. Ezekiel 8:2 Literally “eye”
  8. Ezekiel 8:3 Literally “the one facing north”

The Vision of Jerusalem

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I had just sat down in my house, with the elders of Judah seated in front of me. All of a sudden, the hand of the Lord God touched me and I saw a likeness comparable to the appearance of a man. From his thighs downward there was the appearance of fire, and from his waist upward, there was the appearance of brightness that looked like brass.

The form of a hand reached out and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, brought me toward Jerusalem, and in visions that came from God took me through the doors of the inner gate that faced north, where an image that provoked God’s jealous anger had been erected.

All of a sudden, the glory of the God of Israel was there! It looked like what I had seen back in the valley.

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