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im´ā̇j-ri, im´ā̇-jẽr-i (משׂכּתת, maskı̄th): The reference () is to chambers in the temple where the elders of Israel were wont to assemble and practice rites of an idolatrous character. What the imagery consisted of, we may gather from : symbolic representations of beasts and reptiles and “detestable things.†It is thought that these symbols were of a zodiacal character. The worship of the planets was in vogue at the time of the prophet among the degenerate Israelites.