Ezekiel 8 (NET)

Ezekiel 8:1¹In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand of the Sovereign Lord seized me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:1Ezek 1:2-3Ezek 14:1Ezek 33:31Ezek 14:4Acts 20:33Ezek 24:1Ezek 26:1Ezek 29:1Ezek 29:17

Ezekiel 8:2²As I watched, I noticed a form that appeared to be a man. From his waist downward was something like fire, and from his waist upward something like a brightness, like an amber glow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:4Ezek 1:26-27Dan 7:9-10Rev 1:14-15

Ezekiel 8:3³He stretched out the form of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem by divine visions, to the door of the inner gate that faces north where the statue that provokes to jealousy was located.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:16Ezek 11:1Deut 5:9Ezek 5:11Dan 5:5Deut 32:21Deut 4:24Deut 6:15Exod 20:5Ezek 11:24

Ezekiel 8:4⁴Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 3:22-23Ezek 1:26-282 Cor 3:182 Cor 4:4-6Exod 25:22Exod 40:34-35Ezek 10:1-4Ezek 11:22-23Ezek 43:2-4Ezek 9:3

Ezekiel 8:5⁵He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 8:3Jer 3:2Jer 32:34Ps 48:2Ps 78:58Zech 5:5-11

Ezekiel 8:6⁶He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:11Ezek 10:19Ezek 8:92 Chr 36:14-172 Kgs 23:4-6Deut 31:16-18Ezek 11:22Ezek 23:38-39Ezek 7:20-22Ezek 8:11-12

Ezekiel 8:7⁷He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:122 Kgs 21:5

Ezekiel 8:8⁸He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 29:15Amos 9:2-3Job 34:22Jer 2:34Jer 23:24

Ezekiel 8:9⁹He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:8

Ezekiel 8:10¹⁰So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure of creeping thing and beast—detestable images —and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:4Rom 1:23Jer 16:18Deut 14:3Deut 14:7-8Deut 4:18Isa 57:6-10Jer 2:26-27Jer 3:9Lev 11:29-31

Ezekiel 8:11¹¹Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 11:16Num 16:17Num 16:35Exod 24:1Jer 19:1Num 11:252 Chr 26:162 Chr 26:192 Chr 34:202 Kgs 22:12

Ezekiel 8:12¹²He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 29:15Ezek 9:9Ezek 8:15Eph 5:12John 3:19-20Ps 10:11Ezek 8:17Ezek 8:6-8Job 22:12-13Job 24:13-17

Ezekiel 8:13¹³He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 8:6Ezek 8:15Jer 9:32 Tim 3:13

Ezekiel 8:14¹⁴Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’ s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 44:4Ezek 46:9

Ezekiel 8:15¹⁵He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 3:13Ezek 8:12-13Ezek 8:6Ezek 8:9

Ezekiel 8:16¹⁶Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’ s house. Right there at the entrance to the Lord’ s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the Lord’ s temple, facing east—they were worshiping the sun toward the east!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:19Deut 17:3Jer 32:33Ezek 11:1Jer 2:27Job 31:26-28Ezek 43:5Joel 2:17Jer 44:17Acts 7:42-43

Ezekiel 8:17¹⁷He said to me, “Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 9:9Ezek 7:23Jer 6:7Mic 2:2Zeph 1:92 Kgs 21:162 Kgs 24:4Amos 3:10Amos 6:3Ezek 11:6

Ezekiel 8:18¹⁸Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 3:4Isa 1:15Jer 11:11Zech 7:13Ezek 7:4-9Ezek 9:10Judg 10:13-14Luke 13:25Prov 1:28Ezek 16:42