Verse 12
Ezekiel 8:12
Free Bible Version
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“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what the elders of the people of Israel are doing here in the dark, with each one worshiping in the shrine room of his own idol? This is what they're saying: ‘The Lord can't see what we're doing; besides the Lord has abandoned our country!’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ/י֮ הֲ/רָאִ֣יתָ בֶן אָדָם֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר זִקְנֵ֤י בֵֽית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְ אִ֖ישׁ בְּ/חַדְרֵ֣י מַשְׂכִּית֑/וֹ כִּ֣י אֹמְרִ֗ים אֵ֤ין יְהוָה֙ רֹאֶ֣ה אֹתָ֔/נוּ עָזַ֥ב יְהוָ֖ה אֶת הָ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chambers of his imagery? For they say, 'The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.'"
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