Job 22:13
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Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
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“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’