Ezekiel 8

vayehi bashanah hashishit bashishi bakhamisha lakhodesh ani yoshev beveti veziqne yehudah yoshevim lefanay vattippol alay sham yad adonay Elohim

In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting at home, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and there the hand of the Sovereign GOD fell upon me.

va'ereh vehinneh demut kemareh-esh mimmareh motnayw ulemattah esh umimmotnayw ulemalah kemareh-zohar ke'en hakhashmalah

As I looked, there was a figure that had the appearance of fire: from what appeared as the loins down, [there was] fire; and from the loins up, the appearance was resplendent and had the color of amber.

vayyishlakh tavnit yad vayyiqqakheni betsitsit roshi vattissa oti ruakh ben-ha'arets uven hashamayim vattave oti yerushalae͏mah bemarot elohim el-petakh sha'ar happenimit happoneh tsafonah asher-sham moshav semel haqqinah hammaqneh

The form of a hand stretched out, and took me by the hair of my head. A spirit lifted me up between heaven and earth and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the Penimith Gate that faces north; that was the site of the infuriating image that provokes fury.

vehinneh-sham kevod elohe yisra'el kammareh asher ra'iti babbiqah

And the Presence of the God of Israel appeared there, like the vision that I had seen in the valley.

vayyomer elay ben-adam sa-na enekha derekh tsafonah va'essa enay derekh tsafonah vehinneh mitsafon lesha'ar hammizbeakh semel haqqinah hazzeh babbi'ah

And I was told, “O mortal, turn your eyes northward.” I turned my eyes northward, and there, north of the gate of the altar, was that infuriating image on the approach.

vayyomer elay ben-adam haro'eh attah (mhm) [mah hem] osim to'evot gedolot asher bet yisra'el osim poh lerokhoqah me'al miqdashi ve'od tashuv tireh to'evot gedolot

And [God] said to me, “Mortal, do you see what they are doing, the terrible abominations that the House of Israel is practicing here, to drive Me far from My Sanctuary? You shall yet see even greater abominations!”

vayyave oti el-petakh hekhatser va'ereh vehinneh khor-ekhad baqqir

Then [God] brought me to the entrance of the court; and I looked, and there was a hole in the wall.

vayyomer elay ben-adam khator-na vaqqir va'ekhtor baqqir vehinneh petakh ekhad

I was told, “Mortal, break through the wall”; so I broke through the wall and found an entrance.

vayyomer elay bo ure'eh et-hatto'evot hara'ot asher hem osim poh

And I was told, “Enter and see the vile abominations that they are practicing here.”

va'avo va'ereh vehinneh khol-tavnit remes uvehemah sheqets vekhol-gillule bet yisra'el mekhuqqeh al-haqqir saviv saviv

I entered and looked, and there all detestable forms of creeping things and beasts and all the fetishes of the House of Israel were depicted over the entire wall.

veshivim ish mizziqne vet-yisra'el veya'azanyahu ven-shafan omed betokham omedim lifnehem ve'ish miqtarto beyado va'atar anan-haqqetoret oleh

Before them stood seventy of the elders of the House of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst. Everyone had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense smoke ascended.

vayyomer elay hara'ita ven-adam asher ziqne vet-yisra'el osim bakhoshekh ish bekhadre maskito ki omerim en Adonai ro'eh otanu azav Adonai et-ha'arets

Again [God] spoke to me, “O mortal, have you seen what the elders of the House of Israel are doing in the darkness, everyone in his image-covered chamber? For they say, ‘GOD does not see us; GOD has abandoned the country.’”

vayyomer elay od tashuv tireh to'evot gedolot asher-hemmah osim

And [God]said to me, “You shall see even more terrible abominations that they practice.”

vayyave oti el-petakh sha'ar bet-Adonai asher el-hatsafonah vehinneh-sham hannashim yoshevot mevakkot et-hattammuz

Next [God] brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the House of GOD; and there sat the women bewailing Tammuz.

vayyomer elay hara'ita ven-adam od tashuv tireh to'evot gedolot me'elleh

I was told, “Have you seen, O mortal? You shall see even more terrible abominations than these.”

vayyave oti el-khatsar bet-Adonai happenimit vehinneh-fetakh hekhal Adonai ben ha'ulam uven hammizbeakh ke'esrim vakhamisha ish akhorehem el-hekhal Adonai ufenehem qedemah vehemmah mishtakhavitem qedemah lashamesh

Then [God] brought me into the inner court of the House of GOD, and there, at the entrance to the Temple of GOD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men, their backs to the Temple of GOD and their faces to the east; they were bowing low to the sun in the east.

vayyomer elay hara'ita ven-adam hanaqel levet yehudah me'asot et-hatto'evot asher asu-foh ki-male'u et-ha'arets khamas vayyashuvu lehakhiseni vehinnam sholekhim et-hazzemorah el-appam

And I was told, “Do you see, O mortal? Is it not enough for the House of Judah to practice the abominations that they have committed here, that they must fill the country with lawlessness and provoke Me still further and thrust the branch to their nostrils?

vegam-ani e'eseh vekhemah lo-takhos eni velo ekhmol veqare'u ve'oznay qol gadol velo eshma otam

I in turn will act with fury, I will show no pity or compassion; though they cry aloud to Me, I will not listen to them.”