They looked, but there was no one to save them, to the Lord, but He did not respond.
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
On that day a man shall look to his maker, and his eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
He shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor shall he respect what his fingers have made, either the groves or the images.
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
Then they will cry out to the Lord, but He will not answer them; He will hide His face from them at that time, because they have wrought evil deeds.
Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams, or by lots, or by prophets.