⁹ His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

⁴ Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

¹² When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

¹⁵ And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

²⁸ Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

⁴¹ They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

¹² There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

¹³ Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

¹³ And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁸ And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears -- a loud voice -- and I do not hear them.'

¹¹ Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

¹⁸ Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

³ ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.

³¹ and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

²⁵ from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

¹⁴ And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

⁹ Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer `is' an abomination.

⁷ In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.