Ezekiel 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then he said{H559} unto me, Hast thou seen{H7200} [this], O son{H1121} of man?{H120} Is it a light thing{H7043} to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} that they commit{H6213} the abominations{H8441} which they commit{H6213} here? for they have filled{H4390} the land{H776} with violence,{H2555} and have turned{H7725} again to provoke me to anger:{H3707} and, lo, they put{H7971} the branch{H2156} to their nose.{H639}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8804)} this, O son{H1121} of man{H120}? Is it a light thing{H7043}{(H8738)} to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} that they commit{H6213}{(H8800)} the abominations{H8441} which they commit{H6213}{(H8804)} here? for they have filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the land{H776} with violence{H2555}, and have returned{H7725}{(H8799)} to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}: and, lo, they put{H7971}{(H8802)} the branch{H2156} to their nose{H639}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he sayde vnto me: hast thou sene this, thou sonne of man? Thinketh the house of Israel, that it is but a trifle, to do these abhominacions here? Shulde they fyll the londe full of wickednesse, and vndertake to prouoke me vnto anger? Yee & purposly to cast vp their noses vpon me?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The he said vnto me, Hast thou seene this, O sonne of man? Is it a small thing to the house of Iudah to commit these abominations which they do here? for they haue filled the land with crueltie, and haue returned to prouoke mee: and loe, they haue cast out stinke before their noses.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he sayde vnto me, Hast thou seene this thou sonne of man? Thinketh the house of Iuda that it is but a trifle to do these abhominations which they do here? for they haue fylled the lande full of wickednesse, and haue returned to prouoke me to anger, and lo they are puttyng the braunches to their noses.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, behold, they put the branch to their nose.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen `this', O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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!

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 7:23 : 23 Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD does not see.
  • Amos 3:10 : 10 For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  • Mic 2:2 : 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
  • Zeph 1:9 : 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
  • Amos 6:3 : 3 You who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence;
  • Ezek 11:6 : 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.
  • Ezek 16:26 : 26 You have also committed fornication with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have increased your whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Jer 6:7 : 7 As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness; violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
  • Jer 7:18-19 : 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger? says the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
  • Jer 19:4 : 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
  • Jer 20:8 : 8 For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.
  • Ezek 7:11 : 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 8:15-16
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    15 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these.

    16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

  • Ezek 8:3-7
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    3 And he stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that faces toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

    4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw on the plain.

    5 Then he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

    6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations.

    7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

  • Ezek 8:9-13
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    9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

    10 So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall all around.

    11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

    12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the earth.

    13 He said also to me, Turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do.

  • 9 Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD does not see.

  • 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.

  • 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Make them know the abominations of their fathers:

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    36 The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? Yes, declare to them their abominations;

    37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire, to devour them.

  • 8 By setting their threshold by my threshold, and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only a wall between me and them, they have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in my anger.

  • 9 Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

  • 17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • Jer 7:10-11
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    10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

    11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 14:2-3
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    2 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them?

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    27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

    28 For when I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provoking of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings.

  • 8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • 16 And I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

  • 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

  • 17 For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal.

  • 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.

  • 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

  • 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

  • 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see; and ears to hear but do not hear: for they are a rebellious house.

  • 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 20 As for the beauty of his ornaments, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein; therefore, have I set it far from them.

  • 11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger.

  • 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.

  • 2 Son of man, make Jerusalem aware of her abominations,

  • 21 But as for those whose hearts follow the hearts of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, says the Lord GOD.

  • 3 Now the end has come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations.

  • 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • 8 Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you; and I will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations.

  • 8 In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to dwell, that you might cut yourselves off, and that you might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

  • 31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.

  • 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you harlotry after their abominations?

  • 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • 15 What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.