¹²Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what ^zthe ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of ^chis imagery? for they say, ^d^eThe Lord seeth us not; ^dthe Lord hath forsaken the earth.

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zSee ver. 1.
cSee Prov. 25:11.
dch. 9:9.
e Ps. 10:11. Isai. 29:15. See Job 22:13.
dch. 9:9.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to me, “Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for they are saying, ‘Yahweh is not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.’ ”