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.

¹⁷ He said to me, “Do you see, ·human [^Tson of man; 2:1]? Is it ·unimportant [a trivial thing] that the ·people [^Lhouse] of Judah are doing the ·hateful [detestable; abominable] things they have done here? They have filled the land with violence and ·made me continually angry [provoked me to still greater anger]. ·Look [^TBehold], they are ·insulting me every way they can [^Lputting the branch to their nose; ^Cperhaps part of the worship of the sun god]. ¹⁸ So I will act ·in anger [with wrath]. I will have no pity, nor will I ·show mercy [spare them]. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”