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! ¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(H) I will not look on them with pity^(I) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(J) to them.”