He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
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.’”
and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
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.’
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?”
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
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