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A worshiper holds a leafy branch beneath his nose as Ezekiel appeals before withdrawing light.
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Ezekiel 8:17-18

The final offense

Abominations in the Temple Vision · Ezekiel 8

Story guide: The branch gesture is shown without injury; distant unrest is symbolic and non-graphic.

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17Then he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Is it too trivial a thing for the house of Judah to do the abominations that they have done here, that they should also fill the land with violence and turn again to provoke me? And behold, they are putting the branch to their nose.”

18And I also will act in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

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