⁹ And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, ^(A)from watchtower to fortified city.

^8 (A)He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, ^(B)from watchtower to fortified city.

¹² Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^(A)in the dark, each ^(B)in his room of pictures? For they say, ^(C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

^15 (A)“‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ ^(B)And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

^6 (A)“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or ^(B)the wife you embrace^[a] or your friend ^(C)who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ ^(D)which neither you nor your fathers have known,