Ezekiel 8:3-12

New International Version

³ He stretched out what looked like a hand^(A) and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up^(B) between earth and heaven and in visions^(C) of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,^(D) where the idol that provokes to jealousy^(E) stood. ⁴ And there before me was the glory^(F) of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.^(G)

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^(H) of jealousy.

⁶ And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable^(I) things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary?^(J) 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^(K) all kinds of crawling things and unclean^(L) animals and all the idols of Israel.^{(M) 11} In front of them stood seventy elders^(N) of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer^(O) in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense^(P) was rising.^(Q)

¹² He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,^(R) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see^(S) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”