Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now toward the North. So I lifted up mine eyes toward the North, and behold, Northward, at the gate of the [a]altar, this idol of indignation was in the entry.

He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou not what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commiteth here to cause me to depart from [b]my Sanctuary? but yet turn thee and thou shalt see greater abominations.

And he caused me to enter at the gate of the court: and when I looked, behold, an hole was in the wall.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:5 That is, in the court where the people had made an altar to Baal.
  2. Ezekiel 8:6 For God will not be where idols are.

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