“ And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me,

“你们因这些事若仍不改正归我，行事与我反对，

“如果这样，你们还不接受管教归向我，行事与我作对，

“如果这样，你们还不接受管教归向我，行事与我作对，

“如果你们还是与我作对，

“但如果你们经过这些事仍然不归向我，行事仍与我的心意相违，

「你們因這些事若仍不改正歸我，行事與我反對，

「如果這樣，你們還不接受管教歸向我，行事與我作對，

「如果這樣，你們還不接受管教歸向我，行事與我作對，

「如果你們還是與我作對，

“但如果你們經過這些事仍然不歸向我，行事仍與我的心意相違，

『經了這些事、你們若不接受管教而歸向我，行事反而跟我作對，

爾猶不悛、所行逆我、

爾猶不順受譴責、所行逆我、

至此爾猶不受責服我、仍逆我以行、

“‘ If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,

“‘ After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.

“ And if by this discipline you are not turned to me but walk contrary to me,

“ If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me,

‘ And if by these things you do not learn your lesson regarding Me, but you show hostility toward Me,

‘ And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me,

And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me;

“ If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,

And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

“‘ If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,

“‘ If by these things you won’t be turned back to me, but will walk contrary to me,

Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

“ I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

“ I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.People staggered from town to town looking for water, but there was never enough. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I sent plagues on you like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and led all your horses away. The stench of death filled the air! But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like charred sticks pulled from a fire. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”

Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.“ Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

“ If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.

Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied.“ I, the Lord, have spoken! The time has come, and I won’t hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign Lord.”