Ironically, today is the 17th of Tammuz in the Jewish calendar, and is designated the "Fast of Tammuz" to commemorate the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem in 69AD. All the months in the Jewish calendar have Babylonian names since the return from Babylon. What are the months in our English calendar named after?
"women sitting there" - as a priest, Ezekiel was also shocked to see women in a part of the temple reserved for priests.