12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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15 Ah, (A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are (B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

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Then he said to me, (A)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (B)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (C)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

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15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (A)son of man? (B)You will see still greater abominations than these.”

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12 For (A)it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

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19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil. 20 (E)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (F)lest his works should be exposed.

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11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has (A)hidden his face, he (B)will never see it.”

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Israel's Continuing Rebellion

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

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Idolatrous Elders Condemned

14 Then certain of the (A)elders of Israel came to me (B)and sat before me.

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17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (A)son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit (B)the abominations that they commit here, that (C)they should fill the land with violence and (D)provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their[a] nose.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 8:17 Or my

11 And before them stood (A)seventy men of (B)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of (C)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and (D)the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.

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And he said to me, “Son of man, (A)do you see what they are doing, (B)the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, (C)to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. Then he said to me, “Son of man, (D)dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance.

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(A)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”

(B)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?
(C)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
10 He who (D)disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?
He who (E)teaches man knowledge—

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13 “There are those who rebel (A)against the light,
    who are not acquainted with its ways,
    and do not stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises before it is light,
    that he (B)may kill the poor and needy,
    and in the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for (C)the twilight,
    saying, ‘No (D)eye will see me’;
    and he veils his face.
16 In the dark they (E)dig through houses;
    by day they shut themselves up;
    they do not know the light.
17 For (F)deep darkness is morning to all of them;
    for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.

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12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
    See (A)the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 But you say, (B)‘What does God know?
    Can he judge through (C)the deep darkness?

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11 And they say, (A)“How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

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