16 So he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about twenty-five men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar,w with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east.x They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.a 17 And he said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable acts they are doing here, that they must also fill the land with violenceb and repeatedly anger me,c even putting the branch to their nose?A 18 Therefore I will respond with wrath.d I will not show pity or spare them.e Though they call loudly in my hearing,f I will not listen to them.”