וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַי֮ הֲרָאִ֣יתָ בֶן־אָדָם֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר זִקְנֵ֤י בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ אִ֖ישׁ בְּחַדְרֵ֣י מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹ כִּ֣י אֹמְרִ֗ים אֵ֤ין יְהוָה֙ רֹאֶ֣ה אֹתָ֔נוּ עָזַ֥ב יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
At sinabi niya sa akin: “Anak ng tao, nakita mo ba ang ginagawa ng mga matanda ng sambahayan ng Israel sa dilim, ng bawat isa sa kanyang mga silid na nalalatagan ng batong-marmol? Sapagkat sinasabi nila: ‘Hindi kami nakikita ng Walang-Hanggan; iniwan na ng Walang-Hanggan ang lupain.’”
Rashi
in his paved chambers Heb. מַשְּׂכִּיתוֹ. Covered with a floor of marble. An expression related to (Exod. 32:22): “and I will cover (וְשֲּׂכֹּתִי) you with My hand.”
Malbim
Do you see what people do in their homes in private, in assuming that God has left the land in charge of some [impersonal] framework and does not directly see and guide this world, and therefore they worship the lower spheres to exact favor from them and their hosts in the heavens