Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?

愚昧无知的民哪，你们这样报答耶和华吗？他岂不是你的父、将你买来的吗？他是制造你、建立你的。

愚昧无知的百姓啊，你们这样报答耶和华吗？他岂不是你的父，创造了你吗？他造了你，坚立你。

愚昧无知的百姓啊，你们这样报答耶和华吗？他岂不是你的父，创造了你吗？他造了你，坚立你。

愚昧无知的人啊，你们就这样报答耶和华吗？祂是你们的父，你们的创造主，祂创造了你们，塑造了你们。

愚昧无知的人民哪，你们这样报答耶和华吗？他不是你的父，不是把你买回来的吗？他造了你，建立了你。

愚昧無知的民哪，你們這樣報答耶和華嗎？他豈不是你的父、將你買來的嗎？他是製造你、建立你的。

愚昧無知的百姓啊，你們這樣報答耶和華嗎？他豈不是你的父，創造了你嗎？他造了你，堅立你。

愚昧無知的百姓啊，你們這樣報答耶和華嗎？他豈不是你的父，創造了你嗎？他造了你，堅立你。

愚昧無知的人啊，你們就這樣報答耶和華嗎？祂是你們的父，你們的創造主，祂創造了你們，塑造了你們。

愚昧無知的人民哪，你們這樣報答耶和華嗎？他不是你的父，不是把你買回來的嗎？他造了你，建立了你。

愚昧無知的人民哪，你們這樣報答永恆主麼？他豈不是你的父、那製作你的麼？是他造你、建立了你。

愚昧無知之民、報耶和華乃如是乎、彼非爾父而購爾乎、彼乃造爾立爾、

耶和華非爾父、生成爾、創造爾乎。噫、無智之蚩氓、豈如是以報恩耶。

維爾斯民愚昧無知、報答主恩豈可如是、主豈非為爾父爾主、造爾建爾豈非主乎、

Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?

Is that how you thank the Lord? You aren’t wise. You are foolish. Remember, he’s your Father. He’s your Creator. He made you. He formed you.

Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator? Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

Is this what you do to the Lord, You foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who has purchased you? He has made you and established you.

Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t He your Father and Creator? Didn’t He make you and sustain you?

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise?[ is] not he thy father[ that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past.

Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.

The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one.

for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied,“ We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.

So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him,“ Abba, Father.”

And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out,“ Abba, Father.”

Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’”

For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King.

And you saw how the Lord your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.’

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.

“ But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.

You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.

“ So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock— his church, purchased with his own blood— over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

Oh, foolish Galatians! Who has cast an evil spell on you? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross.Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ.How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?

Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,

See how these enemies insult you, Lord. A foolish nation has dishonored your name.

For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.

Then you will tell him,‘ This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.

What can I offer the Lord for all he has done for me?

The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the Lord says:“ The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me.

“ My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord.“ They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

I will go home to my father and say,“ Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’“ So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

terror and dread fall upon them. The power of your arm makes them lifeless as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.

“‘ You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me.