⁴ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the ^(A)priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring ^(B)out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for ^[a]Asherah, and for all ^[b]the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

⁵ Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the ^[a]constellations, and to ^(A)all the host of heaven.

¹¹ ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have ^(A)defiled My sanctuary with all your ^(B)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; ^(C)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.

⁹ And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.”

¹⁷ And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have ^(A)filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.