Ezekiel 8:6
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“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
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Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.