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13 The Lord said to me, ‘You will see even worse things that they are doing.’

14 Then he took me to entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw some women who were sitting there. They were weeping because the god Tammuz was dead.[a] 15 He said to me, ‘Son of man, look at that! But you will see even worse things than these.’

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  1. 8:14 Tammuz was a false god that the Babylonian people worshipped. Every year, Babylonian women would remember his death and they would weep. Now Ezekiel could see that Israelite women were also doing this in the Lord's temple.