I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.

This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.

I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.

I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’

This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.

He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.

It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.