Ezekiel 8:7-18

English Standard Version

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, ^(A)dig 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 ^(B)the vile abominations that they are committing here.” ¹⁰ So I went in and saw. And there, ^(C)engraved on the wall all around, was ^(D)every form of ^(E)creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. ¹¹ And before them stood ^(F)seventy men of ^(G)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^(H)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^(I)the 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 ^(J)in the dark, each ^(K)in his room of pictures? For they say, ^(L)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” ¹³ He said also to me, ^(M)“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

¹⁴ Then he brought me to ^(N)the 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 ^(O)son of man? ^(P)You will see still greater abominations than these.”

¹⁶ And he brought me into ^(Q)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ^(R)between the ^(S)porch and ^(T)the altar, were about twenty-five men, ^(U)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^(V)the sun toward the east. ¹⁷ Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^(W)son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^(X)the abominations that they commit here, that ^(Y)they should fill the land with violence and ^(Z)provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their^[a] nose. ¹⁸ Therefore ^(AA)I will act in wrath. ^(AB)My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. ^(AC)And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”