Ezekiel 8:11–18

¹¹And before them stood ^dseventy men of ^ethe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^fShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^gthe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. ¹²Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^hin the dark, each ⁱin his room of pictures? For they say, ^j‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ” ¹³He said also to me, ^k“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

¹⁴Then he brought me to ^lthe entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. ¹⁵Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^tson of man? ^kYou will see still greater abominations than these.”

¹⁶And he brought me into ^mthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ⁿbetween the ^oporch and ^pthe altar, were about twenty-five men, ^qwith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^rthe sun toward the east. ¹⁷Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^sson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^tthe abominations that they commit here, that ^uthey should fill the land with violence and ^vprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their³ nose. ¹⁸Therefore ^wI will act in wrath. ^xMy eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. ^yAnd though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”