Ezekiel 8:5
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.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 8 connects to 7 cross-references. In a vision Ezekiel is transported to Jerusalem and shown escalating abominations in the temple: an idol of jealousy at the north gate, seventy elders burning incense in secret rooms, women weeping for Tammuz, and twenty-five men with their backs …
Other Translations
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 of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes the way of the north.' And I lift up mine eyes the way of the north, and lo, on the north of the gate of the altar this figure of jealousy, at the entrance.
Then he said to me, Son of man, now let your eyes be lifted up in the direction of the north; and on looking in the direction of the north, to the north of the doorway of the altar, I saw this image of envy by the way in.
Cross References
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city …
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways …
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the …
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see …
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, …