So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have for
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or r
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entra
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not thei
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD,
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of t
Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurem
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. T
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four
Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bea
He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the hou
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces aw
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of th
Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt o