¹⁰So I went in and saw; and behold every form of ^wcreeping things, and ^tabominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, ^xpourtrayed upon the wall round about. ¹¹And there stood before them ^yseventy men of ^zthe ancients of the house of Israel, and ^ain the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of ^bShaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. ¹²Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what ^zthe ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of ^chis imagery? for they say, ^d^eThe Lord seeth us not; ^dthe Lord hath forsaken the earth.

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Footnotes

w Gen. 1:24. See Rom. 1:23.
tSee Jer. 23:11. Comp. ch. 7:20.
xch. 23:14. So ch. 4:1. See Job 13:27. Comp. ch. 16:26.
y Num. 11:16. Comp. Ex. 24:1.
zSee ver. 1.
bSee 2 Chr. 34:8.
zSee ver. 1.
cSee Prov. 25:11.
dch. 9:9.
e Ps. 10:11. Isai. 29:15. See Job 22:13.
dch. 9:9.

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a Isai. 66:17.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up. Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I went in and looked, and there engraved all around the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing—crawling creatures and beasts—as well as all the idols of the house of Israel. Seventy elders from the house of Israel were standing before them, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a firepan in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising up. He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel. Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.

Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures and detestable beasts; and all of the idols of the house of Israel were carved on the wall all around. And seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing in the midst of them, and they were standing before them. Each one had his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the cloud of the incense was going up. And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for they are saying, ‘Yahweh is not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.’ ”