3 Spirit lifted me up in the air and brought me in divine visions to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate, where stood the statue of jealousy which stirs up jealousy.
5 He said to me: Son of man, look toward the north! I looked toward the north and saw northward of the gate the altar of the statue of jealousy.
6 Son of man, he asked me, do you see what they are doing? Do you see the great abominations that the house of Israel is practicing here, so that I must depart from my sanctuary? But you shall see still greater abominations!
7 Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, where I saw there was a hole in the wall.
8 Son of man, he ordered, dig through the wall. I dug through the wall and saw a door.
9 Enter, he said to me, and see the abominable evils which they are doing here.
10 I entered and saw that all around upon the wall were pictured the figures of all kinds of creeping things and loathsome beasts (all the idols of the house of Israel).
11 Before these stood seventy of the elders of the house of Israel, among whom stood Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, each of them with his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the incense was rising upward.
12 Then he said to me: Do you see, son of man, what each of these elders of the house of Israel is doing in his idol room? They think: "The LORD cannot see us; the LORD has forsaken the land."
13 He continued: You shall see still greater abominations that they are practicing.
14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the temple, and I saw sitting there the women who were weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then he said to me: Do you see this, son of man? You shall see other abominations, greater than these!
16 Then he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and there at the door of the LORD'S temple, between the vestibule and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD'S temple and their faces toward the east; they were bowing down to the sun.
17 Do you see, son of man? he asked me. Is it such a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the abominable things they have done here--for they have filled the land with violence, and again and again they have provoked me--that now they must also put the branch to my nose?
18 Therefore I in turn will act furiously: I will not look upon them with pity nor will I show mercy.
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 8:
Ezekiel 8 describes the prophet's view of idolatry practiced in the temple of Jerusalem, including images of worship of pagan gods, sacrifices to idols, and other abominable practices. The following verses are related to this theme:
Deuteronomy 12:4 - "Thou shalt not do the Lord thy God." This verse refers to the prohibition of worship to other gods and the requirement to serve only the Lord. Ezekiel witnessed the violation of this prohibition in the temple of Jerusalem.
Exodus 20:3 - "You will not have other gods before me." This is the first commandment of the law given to Moses. Ezekiel witnessed the violation of this commandment in the temple of Jerusalem, where images of pagan gods were being worshiped.
Deuteronomy 5:8-9 - "Thou shalt make no image of sculpture to you, no resemblance of what is above in heaven, neither in the earth, nor in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not go to them nor serve them." These verses refer to the prohibition of making images of gods and adorning them. Ezekiel saw in the temple of Jerusalem the violation of this prohibition.
Isaiah 44:9-20 - These verses describe the foolishness of the worship of idols and sculpture images. Ezekiel saw this nonsense being practiced in the temple of Jerusalem and preached against her.
Jeremiah 7:9-11 - These verses denounce the false security that the people of Judah put in their temple, despite the idolatry and other abominations that were occurring there. Ezekiel also denounced the wrong confidence that the people placed in their temple and in their religious practices.
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