Ezekiel 8:6-18

English Standard Version

⁶ And he said to me, “Son of man, ^(A)do you see what they are doing, ^(B)the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, ^(C)to 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, ^(D)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 ^(E)the vile abominations that they are committing here.” ¹⁰ So I went in and saw. And there, ^(F)engraved on the wall all around, was ^(G)every form of ^(H)creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. ¹¹ And before them stood ^(I)seventy men of ^(J)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^(K)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^(L)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 ^(M)in the dark, each ^(N)in his room of pictures? For they say, ^(O)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” ¹³ He said also to me, ^(P)“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

¹⁴ Then he brought me to ^(Q)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 ^(R)son of man? ^(S)You will see still greater abominations than these.”

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