"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 towa…" — Ezekiel 8:5

Ezekiel 8:5 · KJV

“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.”

— Ezekiel 8:5

Verse 4

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel {was} there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Verse 6

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.

Ezekiel 8 — Context

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.

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel {was} there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

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.

And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Cross References

Ezekiel 8:3

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

Psalms 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Psalms 48:2

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, {is} mount Zion, {on} the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Zechariah 5:5-11

Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what {is} this that goeth forth.

Jeremiah 32:34

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.