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And he said unto me, go in Into the room or chamber the door opened into: and behold the wicked abominations they do here; the idolatries there committed, wicked in themselves, and abominable to God.
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Ezekiel 8:9 In-Context
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And He bringeth me in unto an opening of the court, and I look, and lo, a hole in the wall;
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and He saith unto me, `Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.
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And He saith to me, `Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.'
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And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast -- and all the Idols of the house of Israel -- graved on the wall, all round about,
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and seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel -- and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst -- are standing before them, and each his censer in his hand, and the abundance of the cloud of perfume is going up.
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.