And Uri´jah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Uri´jah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tig´lath–pile´ser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Uri´jah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnez´zar the king had set up.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.