Wherefore, {as} I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish {thee}; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also {were} beside them, and {every one} stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel {was} over them above.

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as {if it were of} a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. {tabernacle: or, hedge}

Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which {was} toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations {and} of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. {set it far...: or, made it unto them an unclean thing}

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go {to be} among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. {sleep: Heb. lie down}

Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen {that} which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, {were} about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel {was} over them above.

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent {which} he placed among men;

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to {him} for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find {him}; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, {and} thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

And the LORD hath given me knowledge {of it}, and I know {it}: then thou shewedst me their doings.

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. {blood: Heb. bloods}

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings {are here}!

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen {this}, O son of man? turn thee yet again, {and} thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

And the cherubims were lifted up. This {is} the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Then shall they know that I {am} the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen {this}? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.