But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?”
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’
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