They think in their heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Ezekiel 7:22 - New Revised Standard Version I will avert my face from them, so that they may profane my treasured place; the violent shall enter it, they shall profane it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also I will turn My face from them and they shall profane My secret treasure [the temple]; and robbers shall enter into it and profane it. American Standard Version (1901) My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it. Common English Bible When I hide my face from my people, foreigners will defile my treasured place. Violent intruders will invade it; they will defile it! Catholic Public Domain Version And I will avert my face from them, and they will violate my place of mystery. And untamed persons will enter into it, and they will defile it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall violate my secret place: and robbers shall enter into it and defile it. |
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent! O Lord, do not be far from me!
Like the wind from the east, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Topheth—all the houses upon whose roofs offerings have been made to the whole host of heaven, and libations have been poured out to other gods.
Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent,
Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart's desire; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.