21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, 1 in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. 2
10:11 He says to himself, 3
“God overlooks it;
he does not pay attention;
he never notices.” 4
29:15 Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, 5
who do their work in secret and boast, 6
“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?” 7
9:9 He said to me, “The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, 8 for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’ 9
1:12 At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps.
I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, 10
those who think to themselves, 11
‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’ 12