1 No sexto ano, no sexto mês, aos cinco dias do mês, estando eu sentado em minha casa, e os anciãos de Judá, assentados diante de mim, sucedeu que ali a mão do Senhor Deus caiu sobre mim. 2 Olhei, e eis uma figura como de fogo; desde os seus lombos e daí para baixo, era fogo e, dos seus lombos para cima, como o resplendor de metal brilhante. 3 Estendeu ela dali uma semelhança de mão e me tomou pelos cachos da cabeça; o Espírito me levantou entre a terra e o céu e me levou a Jerusalém em visões de Deus, até à entrada da porta do pátio de dentro, que olha para o norte, onde estava colocada a imagem dos ciúmes, que provoca o ciúme de Deus. 4 Eis que a glória do Deus de Israel estava ali, como a glória que eu vira no vale.

5 Ele me disse: Filho do homem, levanta agora os olhos para o norte. Levantei os olhos para lá, e eis que do lado norte, à porta do altar, estava esta imagem dos ciúmes, à entrada. 6 Disse-me ainda: Filho do homem, vês o que eles estão fazendo? As grandes abominações que a casa de Israel faz aqui, para que me afaste do meu santuário? Pois verás ainda maiores abominações.

7 Ele me levou à porta do átrio; olhei, e eis que havia um buraco na parede. Então, me disse: Filho do homem, cava naquela parede. 8 Cavei na parede, e eis que havia uma porta. 9 Disse-me: Entra e vê as terríveis abominações que eles fazem aqui. 10 Entrei e vi; eis toda forma de répteis e de animais abomináveis e de todos os ídolos da casa de Israel, pintados na parede em todo o redor. 11 Setenta homens dos anciãos da casa de Israel, com Jazanias, filho de Safã, que se achava no meio deles, estavam em pé diante das pinturas, tendo cada um na mão o seu incensário; e subia o aroma da nuvem de incenso. 12 Então, me disse: Viste, filho do homem, o que os anciãos da casa de Israel fazem nas trevas, cada um nas suas câmaras pintadas de imagens? Pois dizem: O Senhor não nos vê, o Senhor abandonou a terra. 13 Disse-me ainda: Tornarás a ver maiores abominações que eles estão fazendo.

14 Levou-me à entrada da porta da Casa do Senhor, que está no lado norte, e eis que estavam ali mulheres assentadas chorando a Tamuz. 15 Disse-me: Vês isto, filho do homem? Verás ainda abominações maiores do que estas.

16 Levou-me para o átrio de dentro da Casa do Senhor, e eis que estavam à entrada do templo do Senhor, entre o pórtico e o altar, cerca de vinte e cinco homens, de costas para o templo do Senhor e com o rosto para o oriente; adoravam o sol, virados para o oriente. 17 Então, me disse: Vês, filho do homem? Acaso, é coisa de pouca monta para a casa de Judá o fazerem eles as abominações que fazem aqui, para que ainda encham de violência a terra e tornem a irritar-me? Ei-los a chegar o ramo ao seu nariz. 18 Pelo que também eu os tratarei com furor; os meus olhos não pouparão, nem terei piedade. Ainda que me gritem aos ouvidos em alta voz, nem assim os ouvirei.

1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me. 2 Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal. 3 And he put forth 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 the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

5 Then 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 of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But thou shalt again see yet other great abominations.

7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door. 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. 13 He said also unto me, Thou shalt again see yet other great abominations which they do.

14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah’s house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt again see yet greater abominations than these.

16 And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah’s house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east. 17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light 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 turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there.

2 I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. "From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.

3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.

4 And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.

5 Then he said to me, "Son of man, look toward the north." So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.

6 And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing —the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."

7 Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.

8 He said to me, "Son of man, now dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

9 And he said to me, "Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here."

10 So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.

11 In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

12 He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"

13 Again, he said, "You will see them doing things that are even more detestable."

14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz.

15 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this."

16 He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.

17 He said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them."