And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what these [people] do? They commit great abominations here, so that I should keep away from My sanctuary; and you shall see even greater iniquities.

And He said to me, Son of man, you have seen; but you shall yet see [evil] practices [even] greater then these.

And He said to me, Son of man, you have seen this. [Is it] a trivial thing to the house of Judah to practice the iniquities which they have practiced here? For they have filled the land with iniquity; and behold, these are as scorners.

And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jechoniah the son of Shaphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up.

And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, and sat before me.

And it came to pass in the seventh year, on the fifteenth day of the month, there came men of the elders of the house of Israel to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.

For it is shameful even to speak of those things being done by them in secret.

And He brought me to the porch of the court.

And He said to me, Son of man, dig. So I dug, and behold, [there was] a door.

Why then has He not visited these? Forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?

And the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not see me, and he puts a covering on his face.

For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

Then He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah has become exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness; because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon [it].

Does not He that dwells in the high places observe? And has He not brought down the proud?

And you have said, What does the Mighty One know? Does He judge in the dark?

And they said, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

He that planted the ear, does He not hear? Or He that formed the eye, does not He perceive?

Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? And who shall know us, or what we do?