Jeremiah, you live among people who tell lies. When they lie, they refuse to pay any attention to me,” announces the Lord.

你的住处在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不肯认识我。这是耶和华说的。

你居住在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不愿意认识我。这是耶和华说的。

你居住在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不愿意认识我。这是耶和华说的。

他们充满诡诈，不认我是上帝。这是耶和华说的。”

欺凌加上欺凌，诡诈加上诡诈（按照《马索拉文本》，“欺凌加上欺凌，诡诈加上诡诈”作“你的住所在诡诈中；在诡诈里”；现参照《七十士译本》翻译），他们不肯认识我。”这是耶和华的宣告。

你的住處在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不肯認識我。這是耶和華說的。

你居住在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不願意認識我。這是耶和華說的。

你居住在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不願意認識我。這是耶和華說的。

他們充滿詭詐，不認我是上帝。這是耶和華說的。」

欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐（按照《馬索拉文本》，“欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐”作“你的住所在詭詐中；在詭詐裡”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），他們不肯認識我。”這是耶和華的宣告。

欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐，總不肯認識我：這是永恆主發神諭說的。

耶和華曰、爾居詭詐之中、彼緣詭詐、不肯識我、○

耶和華告耶利米曰、爾之鄰里詭譎、不識我耶和華之道。

主諭先知曰、爾居詭詐人中、因詭詐不願識我、

You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the Lord.

You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the LORD’s declaration.

Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know Me. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Thine habitation[ is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.

Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.

But you refuse to listen when I call out to you. No one pays attention when I reach out my hand.

Here is the judgment. Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light. They loved darkness because what they did was evil.Everyone who does evil deeds hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen.

You hated knowledge. You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said,“ Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

These people are evil. They refuse to listen to what I say. They do what their stubborn hearts want them to do. They chase after other gods. They serve them and worship them. So they will be like this belt. They will be completely useless.

But they say to God,‘ Leave us alone! We don’t want to know how you want us to live.Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him? What would we get if we prayed to him?’

Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me? Why do they always turn away? They keep on telling lies. They refuse to come back to me.

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.

A hunter uses tricks to fill his cage with birds. And my people have filled their houses with a lot of goods. They have become rich and powerful.

My people are destroyed because they do not know me.“ You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

I hear many people whispering,“ There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying,“ Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

They said,“ Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don’t tell the truth.What will the Lord do to you, you lying tongue? And what more will he do?He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a soldier. He will punish you with burning coals from a desert bush.How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshek! How terrible to live in the tents of the people of Kedar!I have lived too long among those who hate peace.