He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Isaiah 5:18 - Revised Standard Version Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to those who draw [calamity] with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness, American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; Common English Bible Doom to those who drag guilt along with cords of fraud, and haul sin as if with cart ropes, Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart. |
He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his wicked way to save his life;
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’
They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.