Ezekiel 8:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, where I saw women sitting and crying for Tammuz [^Ca Babylonian god of fertility and rain, whose annual death marked the change of seasons]. ¹⁵ He said to me, “Do you see, ·human [^Tson of man; 2:1]? You will see things even more ·hateful [detestable; abominable] than these.”

¹⁶ Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the ·Temple [^Lhouse of the Lord]. There I saw about twenty-five men at the entrance to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, between the ·porch [portico] and the altar. With their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord, they faced east and were worshiping the sun in the east.