Ezekiel 8:11-18

11And standing in front of them were 1seventy 2elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his 3censer in his hand; and the fragrance of the cloud of incense was rising. 12Then He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each man in the rooms of his carved images? For they say, ‘4The Lord does not see us; the Lord has 5abandoned the land.’” 13And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing!”

14Then He brought me to the entrance of the 6gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for 7Tammuz. 15And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these!”

16Then He brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their 8backs to the temple of the Lord while their faces were toward the east; and 9they were 10prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun. 17And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have 11filled the land with violence and 12provoked Me to anger repeatedly? Yet behold, they are 13putting the twig to their nose! 18Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and 14though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”