So I enteredand looked,and behold,everyformof creepingthingsand beasts[and] detestablethings,with allthe idolsof the houseof Israel,were carvedon the wallallaround.
"You shall not makefor yourself an idol,or anylikenessof whatis in heavenaboveor on the earthbeneathor in the waterunderthe earth.
[Another] shapeswood,he extendsa measuringline;he outlinesit with red chalk.He worksit with planesand outlinesit with a compass,and makesit like the formof a man,like the beautyof man,so that it may sitin a house.
"I will firstdoublyrepaytheir iniquityand their sin,becausethey have pollutedMy land;they have filledMy inheritancewith the carcassesof their detestableidolsand with their abominations."
"Becauseof the lightnessof her harlotry,she pollutedthe landand committedadulterywith stonesand trees.
"As for the smokingsacrificesthat you burnedin the citiesof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalem,you and your forefathers,your kingsand your princes,and the peopleof the land,did not the LORDrememberthem and did not [all this] comeinto His mind?
Yet I sentyou allMy servantsthe prophets,againand again,saying,"Oh,do not dothisabominablethingwhichI hate."
"Thus you will knowthat I am the LORD;for you have not walkedin My statutesnorhave you executedMy ordinances,but have actedaccording to the ordinancesof the nationsaroundyou."'"
"So she increasedher harlotries.And she sawmenportrayedon the wall,imagesof the Chaldeansportrayedwith vermilion,
Standingin frontof them were seventyeldersof the houseof Israel,with Jaazaniahthe sonof Shaphanstandingamongthem, eachmanwith his censerin his handand the fragranceof the cloudof incenserising.
And He saidto me, "Goin and seethe wickedabominationsthat they are committinghere."
and exchangedthe gloryof the incorruptibleGodfor an imagein the formof corruptiblemanand of birdsand four-footed animalsand crawling creatures.
"You shall not eatanydetestablething.
sothat you do not actcorruptlyand makea gravenimagefor yourselves in the formof anyfigure,the likenessof maleorfemale,
the likenessof anythingthat creepson the ground,the likenessof anyfishthat is in the waterbelowthe earth.
"So watchyourselves, that you do not forgetthe covenantof the LORDyour GodwhichHe madewith you, and makefor yourselves a gravenimagein the formof anything[against] whichthe LORDyour Godhas commandedyou.
"Whenyou becomethe fatherof childrenand children'schildrenand have remainedlongin the land,and actcorruptly,and makean idolin the formof anything,and dothat whichis evilin the sightof the LORDyour God[so as] to provokeHim to anger,
