They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry.
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