¹² And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

⁹ And He saith unto me, `The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah `is' very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

¹⁵ Wo `to' those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

¹¹ He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

¹² for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

¹⁹ `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

²⁰ for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

¹ And it cometh to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth `month', in the tenth of the month, come in have certain of the elders of Israel to seek Jehovah, and they sit before me;

¹ And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

¹⁷ And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

¹⁵ And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.'

¹¹ and seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel -- and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst -- are standing before them, and each his censer in his hand, and the abundance of the cloud of perfume is going up.

⁶ And He saith unto me, `Son of man, art thou seeing what they are doing? the great abominations that the house of Israel are doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations.'

⁷ And He bringeth me in unto an opening of the court, and I look, and lo, a hole in the wall;

⁸ and He saith unto me, `Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.

⁷ And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

⁸ Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁹ He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

¹⁰ He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge `is' Jehovah.

¹¹ And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

¹³ They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

¹⁴ At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

¹⁵ And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

¹⁶ He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

¹⁷ When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

¹² Is not God high `in' heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

¹³ And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?