Ezekiel 8:11-18

11 Standing in front of them were 1seventy 2elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his 3censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising.
12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, '4The LORD does not see us; the LORD has 5forsaken the land.' "
13 And He said to me, "Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing."
14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the 6gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
15 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these."
16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five * men with their 7backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and 8they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.
17 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have 9filled the land with violence and 10provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.
18 "Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and 11though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."

Cross References 11

  • 1. Numbers 11:16, 25; Luke 10:1
  • 2. Jeremiah 19:1
  • 3. Numbers 16:17, 35
  • 4. Psalms 14:1; Isaiah 29:15; Ezekiel 9:9
  • 5. Psalms 10:11
  • 6. Ezekiel 44:4; Ezekiel 46:9
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 29:6; Jeremiah 2:27; Ezekiel 23:39
  • 8. Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; Job 31:26-28; Jeremiah 44:17
  • 9. Ezekiel 7:11, 23; Ezekiel 9:9; Amos 3:10; Micah 2:2
  • 10. Jeremiah 7:18, 19; Ezekiel 16:26
  • 11. Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13

Footnotes 1

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