¹⁷ “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,^(A) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,^(B) rats^(C) and other unclean things—they will meet their end^(D) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

⁹ And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” ¹⁰ So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls^(A) all kinds of crawling things and unclean^(B) animals and all the idols of Israel.^{(C) 11} In front of them stood seventy elders^(D) of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer^(E) in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense^(F) was rising.^(G)

¹² He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,^(H) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see^(I) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’” ¹³ Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.”