Abominations in the Temple

Ezekiel 8

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.

5 Then he said to me, t "Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of u the altar gate, in the entrance, was this p image of jealousy. 6 And he said to me, "Son of man, v do you see what they are doing, w the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, x to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations."

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, "Son of man, y dig in the wall." So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And he said to me, "Go in, and see z the vile abominations that they are committing here." 10 So I went in and saw. And there, a engraved on the wall all around, was b every form of c creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood d seventy men of e the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of f Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and g the smoke 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 are doing h in the dark, each i in his room of pictures? For they say, j 'The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.'" 13 He said also to me, k "You will see still greater abominations that they commit."

14 Then he brought me to l the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O t son of man? k You will see still greater abominations than these."

16 And he brought me into m the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, n between the o porch and p the altar, were about twenty-five men, q with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping r the sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O s son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit t the abominations that they commit here, that u they should fill the land with violence and v provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their 3 nose. 18 Therefore w I will act in wrath. x My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. y And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."

  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.
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:16
    And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:3
    He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:6
    And he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
  22. 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.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 10:18 - 19
    Then the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:5
    In their sight dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it.
  25. 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.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 23:14
    But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 20:4
    You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:20
    All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.
    Romans 1:23
    And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 24:1
    Then he said to Moses, "Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
    Numbers 11:16
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:1
    In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.
  31. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 34:8
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:13
    And you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:7
    And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:10
    So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 9:9
    Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.
    Psalms 10:11
    He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.
    Isaiah 29:15
    Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:6
    And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:3
    He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:5
    Then he said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:13
    He said also to me, "You will see still greater abominations that they commit.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 10:3
    Now the cherubim were standing on the south sid...
    Ezekiel 40:28
    Then he brought me to the inner court through t...
    Ezekiel 43:5
    The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the...
    Ezekiel 45:19
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the ...
    Ezekiel 46:1
    Thus says the Lord God : The gate of the inner ...
    1 Kings 6:36
    He built the inner court with three courses of ...
  41. Cross References
    Joel 2:17
    Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, "Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'
  42. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:3
    The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 8:5
    Then he said to me, "Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north." So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.
    Ezekiel 40:47
    And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
    Exodus 40:6
    You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
    Exodus 40:29
    And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
    Ezekiel 9:2
    And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:27
    Who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!
    Jeremiah 32:33
    They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.
  45. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
  46. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  47. 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.
  48. Cross References
    Ezekiel 7:11
    Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
    Ezekiel 7:23
    Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
  49. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:18 - 19
    The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
    Ezekiel 20:28
    For when I had brought them into the land that I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
  50. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:13
    Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord - that I have spoken in my jealousy - when I spend my fury upon them.
  51. 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.
  52. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:28
    Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
    Isaiah 1:15
    When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
    Micah 3:4
    Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
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