> [!title|noicon] **Ezekiel 8** > <font size=3>[[Ezekiel 7|<Prev]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Ezekiel 9|Next>]]<br><br>[&#x1F56E; Bible Navigator](Bible%20Books%20Navigation.md) <br> 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 mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. ^1 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. ^2 3 And 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 looks toward the north; where _was_ the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy. ^3 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel _was_ there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. ^4 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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. ^5 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? _even_ the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, _and_ thou shalt see greater abominations. ^6 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. ^7 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door. ^8 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. ^9 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, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. ^10 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. ^11 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the earth. ^12 13 ¶ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, _and_ thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. ^13 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which _was_ toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. ^14 15 ¶ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen _this_, O son of man? turn thee yet again, _and_ thou shalt see greater abominations than these. ^15 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, _were_ about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. ^16 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 returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. ^17 > "they put the branch to their nose" -- This is a statement of scorn, like, "We don't care about you, God, at all." <br> 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: 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. ^18 > In [Jeremiah 7:16](Jeremiah%207.md#^16) God is speaking about this very time and He says, "Don't pray for them." The churches and congregations are under the wrath of God. The die is cast, they're committed now to be under the wrath of God, there is not going to be a change in God's plan. In the past, God had always said that if they repent He would have mercy. Again and again Israel and the churches have rebelled against God, and again and again God would send a deliverer. But now we've come to that time when there is no turning, there's no point in even praying. And this coincides with the great tribulation period.