They think in their heart, “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”
Isaiah 5:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart ropes, More versionsKing 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. |
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”
Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.
For they flatter themselves in their own eyes that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
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 has been evil, and their might is not right.
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a more shocking thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from wickedness; all of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
As Jehudi read three or four columns, he 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 as the prophets direct; 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 them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who settle like dregs in wine, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.”
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.
“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me because the Levite has become my priest.”
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.