³ He stretched out what looked like a hand^(A) and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up^(B) between earth and heaven and in visions^(C) of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court,^(D) where the idol that provokes to jealousy^(E) stood.

² In visions^(A) of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain,^(B) on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city.

²⁴ The Spirit^(A) lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia^[a] in the vision^(B) given by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me,

⁶ he said, “Listen to my words: