House of the Rising Son

He said to me,
“Do you see this, son of man?
You will see things
that are even more detestable than this.”
He then brought me into the inner court
of the house of the LORD,
and there at the entrance to the temple,
between the portico and the altar,
were about twenty-five men.
With their backs toward the temple of the LORD
and their faces toward the east,
they were bowing down to the sun in the east.
He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man?
Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah
to do the detestable things they are doing here?
Must they also fill the land with violence
and continually arouse my anger?
Look at them putting the branch to their nose!
~ Ezekiel 8