Ezekiel 8:5
3 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.
4 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
“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.
6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
7 Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and saw, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes toward the north. And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.
- BLB
- And He said to me: “Son of man, lift up now your eyes [to] the way northward.” And I lifted my eyes [to] the way northward, and behold! From the north of the Gate of the Altar [was] this image of jealousy in the entrance.
- ÅB
- Og han sa til meg: Menneskesønn, løft dine øyne mot nord! Og jeg løftet mine øyne mot nord og fikk se nidkjærhets-bildet nordenfor alterporten ved inngangen.
- OTB
- Så sa han til meg: «Menneskesønn, se mot nord.» Så jeg så mot nord, og der, nord for alterporten, var denne sjalusiguden ved inngangen.
- B1930
- Og han sa til mig: Menneskesønn, løft dine øine mot nord! Og jeg løftet mine øine mot nord og fikk se nidkjærhets-billedet nordenfor alterporten ved inngangen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:3
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
“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.
Read in contextPsalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Read in contextZechariah 5:5–11
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:34
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
Read in contextPsalms 48:2
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Read in context