28 At that time they will keep calling me, but I shall not answer;+ they will keep looking for me, but they will not find me,+

9 He that is turning his ear away from hearing the law+—even his prayer is something detestable.+

15 And when YOU spread out YOUR palms,+ I hide my eyes from YOU.+ Even though YOU make many prayers,+ I am not listening;+ with bloodshed* YOUR very hands have become filled.+

3 “Son of man, speak with the elderly men of Israel, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Is it in order to inquire of me that YOU men are coming?+ ‘As I am alive, I will not be inquired of by* YOU,’+ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.”’

4 At that time they will call to Jehovah for aid, but he will not answer them.+ And he will conceal his face from them in that time,+ according as they committed badness in their dealings.+