^{8 Ref} and He saith unto me, `Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.

^{9 Ref} And He saith to me, `Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.'

^{10 Ref} And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast -- and all the Idols of the house of Israel -- graved on the wall, all round about,

^{11 Ref} and seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel -- and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst -- are standing before them, and each his censer in his hand, and the abundance of the cloud of perfume is going up.

^{12 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

^{13 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations that they are doing.'

^{14 Ref} And He bringeth me in unto the opening of the gate of the house of Jehovah that `is' at the north, and lo, there the women are sitting weeping for Tammuz.

^{15 Ref} And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.'

^{16 Ref} And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.