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20 He said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
    I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
    children in whom there is no faithfulness.(A)

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20 “I will hide my face(A) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(B)
    children who are unfaithful.(C)

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17 My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’(A) 18 On that day I will surely hide my face on account of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

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17 And in that day I will become angry(A) with them and forsake(B) them; I will hide(C) my face(D) from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters(E) and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’(F) 18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

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31 “To what, then, will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
    we wailed, and you did not weep.’

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31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:

“‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not cry.’

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yet his degenerate children have dealt falsely with him,[a]
    a perverse and crooked generation.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(A)

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I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man(A) comes,(B) will he find faith on the earth?”

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19 He answered them, “You faithless generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”

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19 “You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

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17 Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

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17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

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16 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,

17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
    we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

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16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

17 “‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not mourn.’

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12 Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
    when I depart from them!(A)

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12 Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave(A) them of every one.
Woe(B) to them
    when I turn away from them!(C)

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17 Like the wind from the east,
    I will scatter them before the enemy.
I will show them my back, not my face,
    in the day of their calamity.(A)

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17 Like a wind(A) from the east,
    I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face(B)
    in the day of their disaster.”

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I held out my hands all day long
    to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own devices;(A)
a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
    and offering incense on bricks;(B)
who sit inside tombs
    and spend the night in secret places;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
    with broth of abominable things in their vessels;(C)
who say, “Keep to yourself;
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all day long.(D)

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All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(C)
offering sacrifices in gardens(D)
    and burning incense(E) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(F)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(G)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(H) for you!’
Such people are smoke(I) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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There is no one who calls on your name
    or attempts to take hold of you,
for you have hidden your face from us
    and have delivered[a] us into the hand of our iniquity.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 64.7 Gk Syr OL Tg: Heb melted

No one(A) calls on your name(B)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(C) your face from us
    and have given us over(D) to[a] our sins.

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of

For they are a rebellious people,
    faithless children,
children who will not hear
    the instruction of the Lord;(A)

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For these are rebellious(A) people, deceitful(B) children,
    children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.(C)

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