Jer 7:30-31, Eze 8:5-17 | ESV | STEP | For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight , declares the Lord . They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name , to defile it.

30 “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set ^atheir detestable things in the house ^bthat is called by my name, to ^cdefile it. 31 And they have built the high places of ^dTopheth, which is in ^ethe Valley of the Son of Hinnom, ^fto burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, ^gwhich I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

Ezekiel 8:5-17

5 Then he said to me, ^h“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of ⁱthe altar gate, in the entrance, was this ^jimage of jealousy. 6 And he said to me, “Son of man, ^kdo you see what they are doing, ^lthe great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, ^mto drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, ⁿdig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see ^othe vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, ^pengraved on the wall all around, was ^qevery form of ^rcreeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood ^sseventy men of ^tthe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^uShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^vthe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^win the dark, each ^xin his room of pictures? For they say, ^y‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, ^z“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

14 Then he brought me to ^aathe entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^abson of man? ^acYou will see still greater abominations than these.”

16 And he brought me into ^adthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ^aebetween the ^afporch and ^agthe altar, were about twenty-five men, ^ahwith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^aithe sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^ajson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^akthe abominations that they commit here, that ^althey should fill the land with violence and ^amprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their ^{▼▼Or my} nose.