¹² He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,^(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see^(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

²⁹ The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery;^(A) they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner,^(B) denying them justice.^(C)