Reforms under Josiah

⁴ Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and ^(A)the priests of the second order and the ^[a]doorkeepers, ^(B)to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, for ^[b]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and ^(C)he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ⁵ He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the ^(D)host of heaven.

¹¹ So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have ^(A)defiled My sanctuary with all your ^(B)detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

⁹ And He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here.”

¹⁷ He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have ^(A)filled the land with violence and ^(B)provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.