1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
2Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate 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 vision 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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
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 behold 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, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
11And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
13He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15Kemudian dia berfirman kepadaku, Sudahkah kamu melihat ini, hai anak manusia? biar dirimu berpalinglah semula, dan kamu akan melihat kekejian yang lebih besar daripada itu.
16Dan dia membawaku ke halaman dalam rumah TUHAN, dan, lihatah, di pintu bait TUHAN, di antara serambi dan mazbah, ada sekitar dua puluh lima orang, membelakangi bait TUHAN, dan muka mereka menghala ke timur; dan mereka bersembahyang kepada matahari menghala ke timur.
17Kemudian dia berfirman kepadaku, Sudahkah kamu melihat ini, hai anak manusia? Perkara kecilkah itu bagi kaum Yehuda untuk melakukan kekejian-kekejian yang mereka buat di sini? sebab mereka telah memenuhi tanah ini dengan kekerasan, dan telah kembali untuk memprovokasiku sampai marah: dan, lihatlah, mereka telah menaruh ranting kepada hidung mereka.
18Oleh sebab itu, aku juga akan berurus dengan amarah: mataku tidak akan menyayangi, dan juga tidak akan berbelas hati: dan meskipun mereka berseru di telingaku dengan suara yang lantang, aku masih tidak akan mendengar mereka.