11 Because the (A)sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore (B)the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are [a]fully given to do evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:11 Lit full to do

11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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The Blindness of the People

14 (A)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.

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14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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11 “Of (A)whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and did (B)not remember Me
[a]Nor (C)give Me a thought?
Was I not silent, even for a long time,
So you do not fear Me?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:11 Lit You did not set it upon your heart

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(A)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(B) me
    nor taken this to heart?(C)
Is it not because I have long been silent(D)
    that you do not fear me?

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