But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
Thus says the Lord concerning this people: “They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”
Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
“For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. “Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.
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