Eze 8:3, 9-18 | ESV | STEP | He put out 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 visions of God to Jerusalem , to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north , where was the seat of the image of jealousy , which provokes to jealousy .

v[See ver. 5 above]

w[See ver. 13 above]

x ch. 10:3; 40:28; 43:5; 45:19; 46:1; 1 Kgs. 6:36

y Joel 2:17

z 1 Kgs. 6:3

aa ver. 5; ch. 40:47; Ex. 40:6, 29; [ch. 9:2]

ab[Jer. 2:27; 32:33]

acSee Jer. 8:2

adSee ch. 2:1

aeSee ch. 5:11

af[ch. 7:11, 23]

ag Jer. 7:18, 19; [ch. 20:28]

ai ch. 5:13

ajSee ch. 5:11

ak Prov. 1:28; Isa. 1:15; Mic. 3:4

Ezekiel 8:3

3 He ^aput out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up ^bbetween earth and heaven and ^cbrought me in ^dvisions of God to Jerusalem, ^eto the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, ^fwhere was the seat of the ^gimage of jealousy, ^hwhich provokes to jealousy.

Ezekiel 8:9-18

9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see ⁱthe vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, ^jengraved on the wall all around, was ^kevery form of ^lcreeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood ^mseventy men of ⁿthe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^oShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^pthe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^qin the dark, each ^rin his room of pictures? For they say, ^s‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, ^t“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

14 Then he brought me to ^uthe entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^vson of man? ^wYou will see still greater abominations than these.”

16 And he brought me into ^xthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ^ybetween the ^zporch and ^aathe altar, were about twenty-five men, ^abwith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^acthe sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^adson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^aethe abominations that they commit here, that ^afthey should fill the land with violence and ^agprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their ^{▼▼Or my} nose. 18 Therefore ^aiI will act in wrath. ^ajMy eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. ^akAnd though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”