12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, (A)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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15 (A)Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
(B)They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”

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15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)

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Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and (A)the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, (B)‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and (C)the Lord does not see!’

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He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(A) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(B)

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15 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.”

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15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”

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12 (A)For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

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12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C)

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11 He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”

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11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(A)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(B)

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The Rebellions of Israel

20 It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that (A)certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.

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Rebellious Israel Purged

20 In the seventh year, in the fifth month on the tenth day, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire(A) of the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.(B)

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Idolatry Will Be Punished

14 Now (A)some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

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Idolaters Condemned

14 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.(A)

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17 And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have (A)filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.

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17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things(A) they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence(B) and continually arouse my anger?(C) Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

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11 And there stood before them (A)seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

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11 In front of them stood seventy elders(A) of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer(B) in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense(C) was rising.(D)

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Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great (A)abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.” So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall. Then He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.

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And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable(A) things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary?(B) But you will see things that are even more detestable.”

Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

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(A)Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob [a]understand.”

Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?
(B)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
10 He who [b]instructs the [c]nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:7 pay attention
  2. Psalm 94:10 disciplines
  3. Psalm 94:10 Gentiles

They say, “The Lord does not see;(A)
    the God of Jacob(B) takes no notice.”

Take notice, you senseless ones(C) among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?(D)
10 Does he who disciplines(E) nations not punish?
    Does he who teaches(F) mankind lack knowledge?

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