1 A nd it came to pass 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, that the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.

And 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 there upon me.

2 T hen I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire—from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.

Then I beheld, and lo, a likeness of a Man with the appearance of fire; from His waist downward He was like fire, and from His waist upward He had the appearance of brightness like gleaming bronze.

3 H e stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

And He put forth the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the door of the inner which faces toward the north, where was the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

4 A nd behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.

And behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I saw in the plain.

5 T hen He said to me, “Son of man, lift your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the altar gate, was this image of jealousy in the entrance.

Then He said to me, Son of man, now lift up your eyes toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, on the north of the altar gate was that idol (image) of jealousy in the entrance.

6 F urthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.”

Furthermore, said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? The great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here to drive Me far from My sanctuary? But you shall again see greater abominations.

7 S o He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.

And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

8 T hen He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.

Then He said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, there was a door.

9 A nd He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.”

And He said to me, Go in and see the wicked abominations that they do here.

10 S o I went in and saw, and there—every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.

So I went in and saw there pictures of every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel, painted round about on the wall.

11 A nd there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

And there stood before these seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was going up.

12 T hen 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 the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

Then said He to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of pictures? For they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.

13 A nd He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”

He also said to me, Yet again you shall see greater abominations which they are committing.

14 S o He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord ’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

15 T hen He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.”

Then said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall see greater abominations that they are committing.

16 S o He brought me into the inner court of the Lord ’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

And He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the bronze altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were bowing themselves toward the east and worshiping the sun.

17 A nd He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.

Then said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too slight a thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they must fill the land with violence and turn back afresh to provoke Me to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose!

18 T herefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Therefore I will deal in wrath; My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.