4. And look! There was the glory of the God of Israel like the vision that I saw in the valley.
5. And he said to me, “Son of man, lift up now your eyes toward the north.” And I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and, look, there was to the north of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy at the entrance.
6. And he said to me, “Son of man, “Do you see what they are doing—great detestable things that the house of Israel is committing here so as to drive me from my sanctuary, and yet you will see again greater detestable things.”
7. And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.
8. And he said to me, “Son of man, dig now through the wall.” And I dug through the wall, and look! There was a doorway.
9. And he said to me, “Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing here.
10. And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures and detestable beasts; and all of the idols of the house of Israel were carved on the wall all around.
11. And seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing in the midst of them, and they were standing before them. Each one had his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the cloud of the incense was going up.
12. And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for they are saying, ‘Yahweh is not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.’ ”
13. And he said to me, “Still you will see again greater detestable things that they are doing.”