1And it came to pass in the sixth year , in the sixth month , in the fifth day of the month , as I sat in my house , and the elders of Judah sat before me , that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me . 2Then I beheld , and , lo , a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward , fire; and from his loins and upward , as the appearance of brightness , as it were glowing metal . 3And he put forth 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 the visions of God to Jerusalem , to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north ; where was the seat of the image of jealousy , which provoketh to jealousy . 4And , behold , the glory of the God of Israel was there , according to the appearance that I saw in the plain . 5Then said he unto me , Son of man , lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north . So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north , and behold , northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6And he said unto me , Son of man , seest thou what they do ? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here , that I should go far off from my sanctuary ? But thou shalt again see yet other great abominations .
The Idolatry in the Temple
7And he brought me to the door of the court ; and when I looked , behold , a hole in the wall . 8Then said he unto me , Son of man , dig now in the wall : and when I had digged in the wall , behold , a door . 9And he said unto me , Go in , and see the wicked abominations that they do here . 10So I went in and saw ; and behold , every form of creeping things , and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel , portrayed upon the wall round about . 11And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel ; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan , every man with his censer in his hand ; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up . 12Then said he unto me , Son of man , hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark , every man in his chambers of imagery ? for they say , Jehovah seeth us not ; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
The Women Weeping for Tammuz
13He said also unto me , Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do . 14Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah ’s house which was toward the north ; and behold , there sat the women weeping for Tammuz . 15Then said he unto me , Hast thou seen this , O son of man ? thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these.
The Worship of the Sun
16And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah ’s house ; and behold , at the door of the temple of Jehovah , between the porch and the altar , were about five and twenty men , with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah , and their faces toward the east ; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east . 17Then he said unto me , Hast thou seen this , O son of man ? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here ? for they have filled the land with violence , and have turned again to provoke me to anger : and , lo , they put the branch to their nose. 18Therefore will I also deal in wrath ; mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity ; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice , yet will I not hear them .