Ezekiel 8:1-4

Abominations in the Temple

1 d In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, e as I sat in my house, with f the elders of Judah sitting before me, g the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. 2 Then I looked, and behold, h a form that had the appearance of a man. 1 h Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like i gleaming metal. 2 3 He j put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up k between earth and heaven and l brought me in m visions of God to Jerusalem, n to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, o where was the seat of the p image of jealousy, q which provokes to jealousy. 4 And behold, r the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw s in the valley.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:2
    On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin).
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 6:32
    Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:11 - 12
    And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.
    Ezekiel 14:1
    Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
    Ezekiel 20:3
    Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:3
    The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:27
    And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:27
    And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:4
    As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal.
    Ezekiel 1:27
    And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
  8. Cross References
    Daniel 5:5
    Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.
    Ezekiel 2:9
    And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
  9. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 12:2
    I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
    2 Corinthians 12:4
    And he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:1
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
    Ezekiel 11:24
    And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
    Ezekiel 40:2
    In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:1
    In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:14
    Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:16
    Beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female.
  15. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:16
    They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.
    Deuteronomy 32:21
    They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:28
    Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:22
    And the hand of the Lord was upon me there. And he said to me, "Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.
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