⁸ He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

⁹ And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” ¹⁰ So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls^(A) all kinds of crawling things and unclean^(B) animals and all the idols of Israel.^{(C) 11} In front of them stood seventy elders^(D) of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer^(E) in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense^(F) was rising.^(G)

¹² He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,^(H) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see^(I) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’” ¹³ Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.”

¹⁴ Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz.^{(J) 15} He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”

¹⁶ He then brought me into the inner court^(K) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,^(L) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun^(M) in the east.^(N)

¹⁷ He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things^(O) they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence^(P) and continually arouse my anger?^(Q) Look at them putting the branch to their nose! ¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(R) I will not look on them with pity^(S) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(T) to them.”