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At the north gate, Ezekiel stands between a shrouded image and withdrawing sanctuary glory.
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Ezekiel 8:5-6

The image of jealousy

Abominations in the Temple Vision · Ezekiel 8

Story guide: The condemned image remains deliberately unidentified and non-glamorized.

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5Then he said to me, “Son of man, please lift up your eyes toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the gate of the altar was this image of jealousy at the entrance.

6And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

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