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And it came to pass in the sixth[H8345]year[H8141], in the sixth[H8345]month[H2320], in the fifth[H2568] day of the month[H2320], as I sat[H3427] in mine house[H1004], and the elders[H2205] of Judah[H3063]sat[H3427]before[H6440] me, that the hand[H3027] of the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]fell[H5307] there upon me.
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Then I beheld[H7200], and lo a likeness[H1823] as the appearance[H4758] of fire[H784]: from the appearance[H4758] of his loins[H4975] even downward[H4295], fire[H784]; and from his loins[H4975] even upward[H4605], as the appearance[H4758] of brightness[H2096], as the colour[H5869] of amber[H2830].
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And he put forth[H7971] the form[H8403] of an hand[H3027], and took[H3947] me by a lock[H6734] of mine head[H7218]; and the spirit[H7307] lifted me up[H5375] between the earth[H776] and the heaven[H8064], and brought[H935] me in the visions[H4759] of God[H430] to Jerusalem[H3389], to the door[H6607] of the inner[H6442]gate[H8179] that looketh[H6437] toward the north[H6828]; where was the seat[H4186] of the image[H5566] of jealousy[H7068], which provoketh to jealousy[H7069].
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And, behold, the glory[H3519] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478] was there, according to the vision[H4758] that I saw[H7200] in the plain[H1237].
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], lift up[H5375] thine eyes[H5869] now the way[H1870] toward the north[H6828]. So I lifted up[H5375] mine eyes[H5869] the way[H1870] toward the north[H6828], and behold northward[H6828] at the gate[H8179] of the altar[H4196] this image[H5566] of jealousy[H7068] in the entry[H872].
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He said[H559] furthermore unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], seest[H7200] thou what they do?[H6213] even the great[H1419]abominations[H8441] that the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]committeth[H6213] here, that I should go far off[H7368] from my sanctuary?[H4720] but turn[H7725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see[H7200]greater[H1419]abominations[H8441].
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And he brought[H935] me to the door[H6607] of the court[H2691]; and when I looked[H7200], behold a[H259]hole[H2356] in the wall[H7023].
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], dig[H2864] now in the wall[H7023]: and when I had digged[H2864] in the wall[H7023], behold a[H259]door[H6607].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Go in[H935], and behold[H7200] the wicked[H7451]abominations[H8441] that they do[H6213] here.
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So I went in[H935] and saw[H7200]; and behold every form[H8403] of creeping things[H7431], and abominable[H8263]beasts[H929], and all the idols[H1544] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], pourtrayed[H2707] upon the wall[H7023] round about[H5439].
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And there stood[H5975]before[H6440] them seventy[H7657]men[H376] of the ancients[H2205] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and in the midst[H8432] of them stood[H5975]Jaazaniah[H2970] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], with every man[H376] his censer[H4730] in his hand[H3027]; and a thick[H6282]cloud[H6051] of incense[H7004] went up[H5927].
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], hast thou seen[H7200] what the ancients[H2205] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]do[H6213] in the dark[H2822], every man[H376] in the chambers[H2315] of his imagery?[H4906] for they say[H559], The LORD[H3068]seeth[H7200] us not; the LORD[H3068] hath forsaken[H5800] the earth[H776].
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He said[H559] also unto me, Turn[H7725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see[H7200]greater[H1419]abominations[H8441] that they do[H6213].
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Then he brought[H935] me to the door[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the LORD'S house[H1004] which was toward the north[H6828]; and, behold, there sat[H3427]women[H802]weeping[H1058] for Tammuz[H8542].
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Hast thou seen[H7200] this, O son[H1121] of man?[H120]turn[H7725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see[H7200]greater[H1419]abominations[H8441] than these.
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And he brought[H935] me into the inner[H6442]court[H2691] of the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004], and, behold, at the door[H6607] of the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068], between the porch[H197] and the altar[H4196], were about five[H2568] and twenty[H6242]men[H376], with their backs[H268] toward the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068], and their faces[H6440] toward the east[H6924]; and they worshipped[H7812] the sun[H8121] toward the east[H6924].
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Then he said[H559] unto me, Hast thou seen[H7200] this, O son[H1121] of man?[H120] Is it a light thing[H7043] to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] that they commit[H6213] the abominations[H8441] which they commit[H6213] here? for they have filled[H4390] the land[H776] with violence[H2555], and have returned[H7725] to provoke me to anger[H3707]: and, lo, they put[H7971] the branch[H2156] to their nose[H639].
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Therefore will I also deal[H6213] in fury[H2534]: mine eye[H5869] shall not spare[H2347], neither will I have pity[H2550]: and though they cry[H7121] in mine ears[H241] with a loud[H1419]voice[H6963], yet will I not hear[H8085] them.