15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (A)son of man? (B)You will see still greater abominations than these.”

16 And he brought me into (C)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, (D)between the (E)porch and (F)the altar, were about twenty-five men, (G)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping (H)the sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (I)son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit (J)the abominations that they commit here, that (K)they should fill the land with violence and (L)provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their[a] nose.

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  1. Ezekiel 8:17 Or my

15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”

16 He then brought me into the inner court(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun(C) in the east.(D)

17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things(E) they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence(F) and continually arouse my anger?(G) Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

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