¹² And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

¹³ And he said to me: If thou turn thee again, thou shalt see greater abominations which these commit.

¹⁴ And he brought me in by the door of the gate of the Lord's house, which looked to the north: and behold women sat there mourning for Adonis.