Ezekiel 8 - 10

Ezekiel sees in a vision the horrendous idolatry of Israel, the total perversion and corruption of the temple worship and those who led the people in worship.  Their attitude was "God is pleased with what we do in the temple; it doesn't matter what we do with the rest of our life."  Within the shadow of the temple people were worshiping the fertility gods as well as the sun.  Because of this, God promises to punish them unmercifully.  Those who mourned over the deplorable state of the nation's worship would be spared.  Because of the great wickedness, the glory of God's presence departed from the temple.