¹² Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ^(A)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

⁹ Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and ^(A)the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ^(B)‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and ^(C)the Lord does not see!’