8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 1 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
1 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
2 tn Or “pattern.”
3 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.
4 sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).