Ezekiel 8:5
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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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
In other translations
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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵלַי'elaito meH413בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121אָדָם'adamhumankindH120שָׂא־sa'-lift upH5375נָאna'pleaseH4994עֵינֶיךָ'eineikhaeyes yourH5869דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] directionH1870צָפוֹנָהtzafonahnorth -wardH6828וָאֶשָּׂאva'esa'and I lifted upH5375עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] directionH1870צָפוֹנָהtzafonahnorth -wardH6828וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009מִצָּפוֹןmitzafonfrom [the] northH6828לְשַׁעַרlesha'arof [the] gate ofH8179הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizbeachthe altarH4196סֵמֶלsemel[the] idol ofH5566הַקִּנְאָהhakin'ah<the> jealousyH7068הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088בַּבִּאָה׃babi'ah[was] in the entranceH872
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 8:3And 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.He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jeremiah 32:34But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Zechariah 5:5-115 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.5 Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.” 6 “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” 7 And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. 8 “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
- Psalm 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Psalm 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
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