⁹ And gone out have the inhabitants of cities of Israel, And they have burned and kindled [a fire], With armour, and shield, and buckler, With bow, and with arrows, And with hand-staves, and with javelins, And they have caused a fire to burn with them seven years,

² But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.