Ezekiel:8:9-18
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And he said unto me ,
Go in ,
and behold the wicked abominations that they do here .
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So I went in and saw ;
and behold every form of creeping things ,
and abominable beasts ,
and all the idols of the house of Israel ,
pourtrayed upon the wall round about .
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And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel ,
and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan ,
with every man his censer in his hand ;
and a thick cloud of incense went up .
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Then said he unto me ,
Son of man ,
hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark ,
every man in the chambers of his imagery ?
for they say ,
The LORD seeth us not ;
the LORD hath forsaken the earth .
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He said also unto me ,
Turn thee yet again ,
and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do .
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Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD '
S house which was toward the north ;
and ,
behold ,
there sat women weeping for Tammuz .
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Then said he unto me ,
Hast thou seen this ,
O son of man ?
turn thee yet again ,
and thou shalt see greater abominations than these .
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And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD '
S house ,
and ,
behold ,
at the door of the temple of the LORD ,
between the porch and the altar ,
were about five and twenty men ,
with their backs toward the temple of the LORD ,
and their faces toward the east ;
and they worshipped the sun toward the east .
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Then he said unto me ,
Hast thou seen this ,
O son of man ?
Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here ?
for they have filled the land with violence ,
and have returned to provoke me to anger :
and ,
lo ,
they put the branch to their nose .
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Therefore will I also deal in fury :
mine eye shall not spare ,
neither will I have pity :
and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice ,
yet will I not hear them .