Ezekiel 8: Idolatry in the Temple

In a vision, Ezekiel is carried from exile to the Jerusalem temple and shown worse and worse idolatry there. He sees an idol at the north gate, seventy elders burning incense to carved images in secret, women mourning for Tammuz, and men bowing to the sun, so God declares He will act in wrath.

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What were the twenty-five or so men in the inner court doing (8:16)?

Turning toward the Most Holy Place to plead for mercyTurning from the temple to bow eastward to the sunTurning north to watch for the army from BabylonTurning to the altar to offer the evening sacrifice