Ezekiel 8:6-14
New American Standard Bible
7Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
8And He said to me, 'Son of man, now dig through the wall.' So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.
9Then He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here.'
10So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of crawling things and animals and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.
11And standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand; and the fragrance of the cloud of incense was rising.
12Then He said to me, 'Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each man in the rooms of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’?'
13And He said to me, 'Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing!'
King James Version
7And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10So 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.
11And 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.
12Then 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 seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Christian Standard Bible
7Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall.
8He said to me, "Son of man, dig through the wall." So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
9He said to me, "Go in and see the detestable, wicked acts they are committing here."
10I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing--crawling creatures and beasts--as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.
11Seventy elders from the house of Israel were standing before them, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a firepan in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising up.
12He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, 'The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.' "
13Again he said to me, "You will see even more detestable acts that they are committing."
New Living Translation
Chapter 8
6Son of man,' he said, 'do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!' 7Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see a hole in the wall. 8He said to me, 'Now, son of man, dig into the wall.' So I dug into the wall and found a hidden doorway.
9Go in,' he said, 'and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!'
10So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel.
11Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.
English Standard Version
7And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
8Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.
9And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here.”
10So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
11And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.
12Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
13He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”
New International Version
7Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.
8He said to me, 'Son of man, now dig into the wall.' So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.
9And he said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.'
10So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.
11In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
New King James Version
Chapter 8
6Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.” 7So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall. 8Then He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.
9And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.”
10So I went in and saw, and there—every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.
11And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”