以西结所见的第二个异象
（8．1－10．22）
耶路撒冷城里的偶像崇拜
第六年六月初五，我坐在家中；犹大的众长老坐在我面前。在那里主耶和华的手降在我身上。
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.
2我观看，看哪，有形像仿佛火☛“火”：七十士译本是“人”。的形状，从他腰部以下形状是火，从他腰部以上有光辉的形状，好像闪耀的金属。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.
3他伸出一只手的样式，抓住我的一绺头发，灵就将我举到天地中间；在神的异象中，他带我到耶路撒冷朝北的内院门口，在那里有惹动妒忌的偶像的座位，它惹动了妒忌。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 looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4看哪，在那里有以色列神的荣耀，形状与我在平原所见的一样。And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5神对我说：“人子啊，你举目向北观看。”我就举目向北观看，看哪，祭坛门北边的门口有那惹动妒忌的偶像。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.
6他又对我说：“人子啊，你看见以色列家所做的吗？他们在这里做了极其可憎的事，使我远离我的圣所。你还要看见另有极其可憎的事。”He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7他领我到院子门口。我观看，看哪，墙上有一个洞。And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8他对我说：“人子啊，你要挖墙。”我就挖墙。看哪，有一扇门。Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9他说：“你进去，看他们在这里所做可憎的恶事。”And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10于是我进去看。看哪，四面墙上刻着各样爬行的动物、可憎的走兽和以色列家各样的偶像。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.
11以色列家的七十个长老站在这些像前，沙番的儿子雅撒尼亚也站在其中，各人手拿他的香炉，烟云的香气上腾。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.
12他对我说：“人子啊，你看见以色列家的长老，暗中在自己偶像的房间里所做的吗？因为他们说：‘耶和华看不见我们；耶和华已经离弃这地。’”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 seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
13他又说：“你还要看见他们所做另外极其可憎的事。”He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14他领我到耶和华殿朝北的门口。看哪，在那里有妇女们坐着，为搭模斯☛“搭模斯”为神明的名字。哭泣。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.
15他对我说：“人子啊，你看见了吗？你还要看见比这更可憎的事。”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.
16然后他领我到耶和华殿的内院。看哪，在耶和华殿门口、走廊和祭坛中间，约有二十五个人背向耶和华的殿，面向东方，向东拜太阳。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 five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17他对我说：“人子啊，你看见了吗？犹大家在这里行可憎的事还算为小吗？他们遍地行残暴，再三惹我发怒。看哪，他们手拿枝条举向鼻前☛“手拿枝条举向鼻前”：这是侮辱神的动作。！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.
18因此，我也要以愤怒行事。我的眼必不顾惜，也不可怜他们；他们虽在我耳边大声呼求，我还是不听。”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.