Ezekiel 8
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Ezekiel 8:7-13

7He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

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

9He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”

10So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure of creeping thing and beast – detestable images – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.

11Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

12He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’”

13He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

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