Yechezkel 8:15-9:3 יחזקאל ח׳:ט״ו-ט׳:ג׳

Then he said to me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? thou shalt see yet again greater abominations than these.

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 twenty five men, with their backs towards the temple of the Lord, and their faces towards the east; and they were prostrating themselves towards the sun eastwards.

Then he said to me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Yehuda that they commit the abominations which they commit here? but they also have filled the land with violence, and have provoked me even further to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Therefore I too will deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

And he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies towards the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s ink well by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

And the glory of the God of Yisra᾽el had ascended from the keruv, on which it was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s ink well by his side;