¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

¹¹ He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

⁷ Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

¹¹ And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

⁷ Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

¹⁵ Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

⁹ Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

¹² And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.