Ezekiel 8:7-12 ▼

7 And He brought me to the door of the court; and I looked, and behold, one hole in the wall.

8 And He said to me: “Son of man, dig now into the wall.” And I dug into the wall, and behold, one opening.

9 And He said to me: “Go in and see the evil abominations that they are doing here!”

10 And I went in and saw. And behold, every manner of creeping thing and detestable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel were engraved on the walls all around,

11 and seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel—and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst—standing before them; and each man his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of a cloud of incense was rising up.

12 And He said to me: “Have you seen, Son of man, that which the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each man in the inner chambers of his imagery? For they say, ‘YHWH is not seeing us, for YHWH has forsaken the land.’”