NET Bible
"Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the LORD’s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz."
— Ezekiel 8:14, NET Bible
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.”
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah’s house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz. ”
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.”
“And he brought me in by the door of the gate of the Lord's house, which looked to the north: and behold women sat there mourning for Adonis.”
“Then he took me to the door of the way into the Lord's house looking to the north; and there women were seated weeping for Tammuz.”
“Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.”
Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel(with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.
He said to me,“Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think,‘The LORD does not see us! The LORD has abandoned the land!’”
He said to me,“You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”
Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the LORD’s house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
He said to me,“Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!”
Then he brought me to the inner court of the LORD’s house. Right there at the entrance to the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD’s temple, facing east– they were worshiping the sun toward the east!
He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!