¹⁵ And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man: but turn thee again: and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

¹⁷ Between the porch and the altar the priests the Lord's ministers shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritance to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God?