12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^qin the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ^r‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these.”

17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with ^xviolence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their¹ nose.

6 And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river.