New American Standard Bible 2020

Ezekiel 8:12-16

12Then He saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, “Do you seeהֲרָאִ֣יתָha.ra.'I.taH7200,sonבֶן־ven-H1121of manאָדָם֒'a.DamH120,whatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the eldersזִקְנֵ֤יzik.NeiH2205of the houseבֵֽית־veit-H1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478are doingעֹשִׂ֣ים'o.SimH6213in the darkבַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822,eachH376manH376in the roomsבְּחַדְרֵ֣יbe.chad.ReiH2315of his carvedH4906imagesמַשְׂכִּית֑וֹmas.ki.ToH4906?For they sayאֹמְרִ֗ים'o.me.RimH559, ‘The Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068does not seeרֹאֶ֣הro.'EhH7200us; the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hasabandonedעָזַ֥ב'a.ZavH5800the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.’”

13And He saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, “Yetע֣וֹדodH5750you will seeתִּרְאֶ֛הtir.'EhH7200stillתָּשׁ֥וּבta.ShuvH7725greaterגְּדֹל֖וֹתge.do.LotH1419abominationsתּוֹעֵב֥וֹתto.'e.VotH8441whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834they are committingעֹשִֽׂים׃'o.SimH6213!”

14Then He broughtוַיָּבֵ֣אvai.ya.Ve'H935me to the entranceפֶּ֙תַח֙pe.tachH6607of thegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179of the Lord’sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068houseבֵּית־beit-H1004whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834wastowardH413the northהַצָּפ֑וֹנָהha.tza.Fo.nahH6828;and beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,womenהַנָּשִׁ֣יםha.na.ShimH802were sittingיֹֽשְׁב֔וֹתyo.she.VotH3427thereשָׁם֙shamH8033weepingמְבַכּ֖וֹתme.va.KotH1058forTammuzהַתַּמּֽוּז׃ סha.ta.MuzH8542.

15And He saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, “Do you seeהֲרָאִ֣יתָha.ra.'I.taH7200this,sonבֶן־ven-H1121of manאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120?Yetע֣וֹדodH5750you will seeתִּרְאֶ֛הtir.'EhH7200stillתָּשׁ֥וּבta.ShuvH7725greaterגְּדֹל֖וֹתge.do.LotH1419abominationsתּוֹעֵב֥וֹתto.'e.VotH8441thanH4480theseמֵאֵֽלֶּה׃me.'E.lehH428!”

16Then He broughtוַיָּבֵ֣אvai.ya.Ve'H935me into the innerהַפְּנִימִית֒ha.pe.ni.MitH6442courtyardחֲצַ֣רcha.TzarH2691of the Lord’sיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068houseבֵּית־beit-H1004.And beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,at the entranceפֶ֜תַחFe.tachH6607to the templeהֵיכַ֣לhei.KhalH1964of the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,betweenH996the porchהָֽאוּלָם֙ha.'u.LamH197and the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַha.miz.Be.achH4196, wereabout twenty-fiveכְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖הke.'es.Rim va.cha.mi.ShahH6242 H2568menאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376with theirbacksאֲחֹ֨רֵיהֶ֜ם'a.Cho.rei.HemH268to the templeהֵיכַ֤לhei.KhalH1964of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068while their facesוּפְנֵיהֶ֣םu.fe.nei.HemH6440were toward the eastקֵ֔דְמָהKe.de.mahH6924; and they wereprostratingH2331themselves eastwardקֵ֖דְמָהKe.de.mahH6924toward the sunלַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃la.Sha.meshH8121.

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