¶ And it came to pass in the sixth year¹, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the² elders of Judah sat before me, that the³ hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Then I beheld⁴, 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 amber⁵.

And he put⁶ forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit⁷ lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door⁸ of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image⁹ of jealousy, which provoketh¹⁰ to jealousy.

¹¹And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift¹² up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the¹³ gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest¹⁴ thou what they do? even¹⁵ the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I¹⁶ should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater¹⁷ abominations.

¶¹⁸And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

¹⁹Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they²⁰ do here.

¶ So I went in and saw; and behold²¹ every²² form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

And there stood before them seventy²³ men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan²⁴, with every²⁵ man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast²⁶ thou seen what the ancients²⁷ of the house of Israel do in the²⁸ dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth²⁹ us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

¶ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater³⁰ abominations that they do.

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward³¹ the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

Then said he unto me, Hast³² thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater³³ abominations than these.

And he brought me into the inner³⁴ court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door³⁵ of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about³⁶ five and twenty men, with their³⁷ backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces³⁸ toward the east; and they³⁹ worshipped the sun toward the east.

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light⁴⁰ 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 returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put⁴¹ the branch to their nose.

Therefore will I also⁴² deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though⁴³ they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.