Ezekiel 8:3

Conservative English Version

It reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed my hair. Then in my vision the LORD's Spirit lifted me into the sky and carried me to Jerusalem. The Spirit took me to the north gate of the temple's inner courtyard, where there was an idol that disgusted the LORD and made him furious.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:12

What if the LORD's Spirit takes you away as soon as I leave? When Ahab comes to get you, he won't find you. Then he will surely kill me. I have worshiped the LORD since I was a boy.

2 Kings 16:14

After that, he had the bronze altar moved aside, so his new altar would be right in front of the LORD's temple.

2 Kings 2:16

and said, "There are fifty strong men here with us. Please let them go look for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the LORD carried him off to some mountain or valley." "No," Elisha replied, "they won't find him."

2 Kings 21:7

(SEE 21:6)

Psalm 78:58

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshiping idols.

Exodus 20:4

Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.

Exodus 20:5

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Exodus 34:14

I demand your complete loyalty--you must not worship any other god!

Jeremiah 32:34

They have set up disgusting idols in my temple, and now it isn't a fit place to worship me.

Jeremiah 7:30

You have disobeyed me by putting your disgusting idols in my temple, and now the temple itself is disgusting to me.

Ezekiel 1:1

I am Ezekiel--a priest and the son of Buzi. Five years after King Jehoiachin of Judah had been led away as a prisoner to Babylonia, I was living near the Chebar River among those who had been taken there with him. Then on the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, the heavens suddenly opened. The LORD placed his hand upon me and showed me some visions.

Ezekiel 10:3

The winged creatures were standing south of the temple when the man walked among them. A cloud filled the inner courtyard,

Ezekiel 11:1

The LORD's Spirit lifted me up and took me to the east gate of the temple, where I saw twenty-five men, including the two leaders, Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah.

Ezekiel 11:24

Then in my vision, the LORD's Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to the other exiles in Babylonia. The vision faded away,

Ezekiel 2:9

Just then, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. And in it was a scroll.

Ezekiel 3:12

The Spirit lifted me up, and as the glory of the LORD started to leave, I heard a loud, thundering noise behind me.

Ezekiel 3:14

Then the Spirit carried me away. The LORD's power had taken complete control of me, and I was both annoyed and angry.

Ezekiel 37:1

Some time later, I felt the LORD's power take control of me, and his Spirit carried me to a valley full of bones.

Ezekiel 40:2

(SEE 40:1)

Ezekiel 43:5

The LORD's Spirit lifted me to my feet and carried me to the inner courtyard, where I saw that the LORD's glory had filled the temple.

Ezekiel 43:8

Israel's kings built their palaces so close to my holy temple that only a wall separated them from me. Then these kings disgraced me with their evil ways, and in my fierce anger I destroyed them.

Ezekiel 5:11

Your disgusting sins have made my temple unfit as a place to worship me. So I swear by my own life that I will turn my back on you and show you no pity.

Ezekiel 7:20

You took great pride in using your beautiful jewelry to make disgusting idols of foreign gods. So I will make your jewelry worthless.

Ezekiel 8:5

God said to me, "Ezekiel, son of man, look north." And when I did, I saw that disgusting idol by the altar near the gate.

Ezekiel 9:2

I saw six men come through the north gate of the temple, each one holding a deadly weapon. A seventh man dressed in a linen robe was with them, and he was carrying things to write with. The men went into the temple and stood by the bronze altar.

Daniel 10:10

He raised me to my hands and knees

Daniel 10:18

The angel touched me a second time and said, "Don't be frightened! God thinks highly of you, and he intends this for your good, so be brave and strong." At this, I regained my strength and replied, "Please speak! You have already made me feel much better."

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly a human hand was seen writing on the plaster wall of the palace. The hand was just behind the lampstand, and the king could see it writing.

Acts 8:39

After they had come out of the water, the Lord's Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw him again, but he was very happy as he went on his way.

Deuteronomy 32:16

You made God jealous and angry by worshiping disgusting idols and foreign gods.

Deuteronomy 32:21

You worshiped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The LORD will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.

Deuteronomy 5:9

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Deuteronomy 6:15

If you worship other gods, the LORD will be furious and wipe you off the face of the earth. The LORD your God is with you,

Joshua 24:19

Joshua said: The LORD is fearsome; he is the one true God, and I don't think you are able to worship and obey him in the ways he demands. You would have to be completely faithful, and if you sin or rebel, he won't let you get away with it.