Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 8:12

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 12) And he said to me: Surely you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in darkness, each one in the secrecy of his room. For they say: The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land. From this, he says, it is shown what each one does in his own room when they gather together in t…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

12And he said to me, Thou hast seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber: because they have said, The Lord sees not; The Lord has forsaken the earth.

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10So I went in and looked; and beheld vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about.

11And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up.

— Ezekiel 8:12 —

13And he said to me, Thou shalt see yet greater iniquities which these do.

14And he brought me in to the porch of the house of the Lord that looks to the north; and, behold, there were women sitting there lamenting for Tammuz.

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