porch and the altar, and I saw there men with their loins girt towards the temple of the Lord, and their faces opposite the East, and they were worshipping the sun. And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, is this a IT small thing to the house of Judah to commit these abominations here? and they have filled the land with iniquity. (S. + and they have returned to provoke Me to anger, and they are as mockers. I also will deal in fury ; is mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity ; even if they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them." Ye see, beloved, how severely and bitterly the Lord giveth judgment in His wrath against those who worship the sun or swear by it.) It is therefore unlawful for the believer to swear either by the sun or by any of the signs of heaven (S. -1- or