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Ezekiel 8:5-16

5 Then he said to me, ^a“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of ^bthe altar gate, in the entrance, was this ^cimage of jealousy. 6 And he said to me, “Son of man, ^ddo you see what they are doing, ^ethe great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, ^fto drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, ^gdig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see ^hthe vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, ⁱengraved on the wall all around, was ^jevery form of ^kcreeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood ^lseventy men of ^mthe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ⁿShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^othe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^pin the dark, each ^qin his room of pictures? For they say, ^r‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, ^s“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

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

16 And he brought me into ^wthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ^xbetween the ^yporch and ^zthe altar, were about twenty-five men, ^aawith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^abthe sun toward the east.