Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?(A)

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12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(A) though they offer burnt offerings(B) and grain offerings,(C) I will not accept(D) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague.”(G)

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

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28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(A)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(B)

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Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(A)
At that time he will hide his face(B) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(C)

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41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(A)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(B)

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12 He does not answer(A) when people cry out
    because of the arrogance(B) of the wicked.(C)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
    the Almighty pays no attention to it.(D)

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When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’(B) says the Lord Almighty.(C)

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18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger;(A) I will not look on them with pity(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen(C) to them.”

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11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster(A) they cannot escape.(B) Although they cry(C) out to me, I will not listen(D) to them.

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18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;(A)

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31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.(A)

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25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’(A)

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14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.(A)

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When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(A)
    and may his prayers condemn(B) him.

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