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15 He said to me, ‘Son of man, look at that! But you will see even worse things than these.’

16 Then the Lord took me to the inside yard of his temple. I could see about 25 men who were standing between the altar and the front of the temple. Their backs were turned towards the Lord's temple. Their faces looked towards the east. They were bending down low to worship the sun that was rising in the east![a]

17 The Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, look at that! The people of Judah are doing these disgusting things here in my temple! That is a terrible thing! And they are also doing violent things everywhere in their land. They continue to make me angry all the time. Look at them! They insult me as much as they can!

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Footnotes

  1. 8:16 The inside yard of the temple was a holy place for Israelites to worship the Lord. But these men were worshipping the sun god of Babylon.