He says in his heart: “God has forgotten. He hides His face—He will never see it.”
Isaiah 5:18 - Tree of Life Version Oy to those that drag iniquity along with cords of deceit, and sin as if with a cart rope! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 says in his heart: “God has forgotten. He hides His face—He will never see it.”
For the music director, of David. The fool said in his heart: “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
An oracle of Transgression— within my heart, to the wicked one: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.
“Because you have said, ‘We cut a covenant with death, we made a pact with Sheol, so when the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come for us, for we have made lies our refuge, and hid ourselves in falsehood’—
For the land is full of adulterers. The land mourns because of a curse. Pastures of the wilderness are dry. Their running is evil, and their might is not right.
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: committing adultery and walking in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers. No one turns back from his evil. They are all like Sodom to Me and her inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
Can anyone hide himself in places so secret that I will not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Now as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe’s knife and tossed it into the fire that was in the fireplace, until the whole megillah was consumed in the fire in the fireplace.
The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
Because you have discouraged the hearts of the righteous with your lies, when I have not grieved him; and strengthened the hands of the wicked so he may not return from his wicked way and live,
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men whose spirits have hardened, who say in their hearts, ‘Adonai will do neither good nor evil.’
They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
“In fact, I myself thought it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Yeshua ha-Natzrati.
Then Micah said, “Now I know that Adonai will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.”
Now the man Micah had a shrine of gods, and he made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.