They do not cry out to me from their hearts. Instead, they just lie on their beds and sob. They cut themselves when they pray to their gods for grain and fresh wine. But they turn away from me.

“他们并不诚心哀求我，乃在床上呼号；他们为求五谷新酒聚集，仍然悖逆我。

他们在床上呼号，却不诚心哀求我；他们为求五谷新酒而聚集，却背叛我。

他们在床上呼号，却不诚心哀求我；他们为求五谷新酒而聚集，却背叛我。

他们没有真心呼求我，只是在床上哭号。他们为求五谷和新酒而割伤自己，却背弃了我。

他们并没有真心向我呼求，只是在床上哀恸罢了。他们为了五谷和新酒割伤（“割伤”或译：“聚集”或“激发”）自己，仍然悖逆我。

他們並不誠心哀求我，乃在牀上呼號；他們為求五穀新酒聚集，仍然悖逆我。

他們在床上呼號，卻不誠心哀求我；他們為求五穀新酒而聚集，卻背叛我。

他們在床上呼號，卻不誠心哀求我；他們為求五穀新酒而聚集，卻背叛我。

他們沒有真心呼求我，只是在床上哭號。他們為求五穀和新酒而割傷自己，卻背棄了我。

他們並沒有真心向我呼求，只是在床上哀慟罷了。他們為了五穀和新酒割傷（“割傷”或譯：“聚集”或“激發”）自己，仍然悖逆我。

他們並不誠心向我哀呼，只是在床上呼號罷了；為求五穀新酒而割傷自己，他們仍然悖逆我。

其心不籲我、惟在牀呼號、因穀酒之故、自傷以逆我、

彼當寢之際、籲呼於我、中心不誠、和會之時、祈求酒穀、違逆乎我、

彼哀號於床、不以誠心籲我、因絕穀酒而和會、仍違逆我、

They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.

They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.

They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.

And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn against Me.

They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds.“ They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me;

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

They do not cry to Me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from Me.

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine,[ and] they rebel against me.

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

“ People cry out when they are treated badly. They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.But no one says,‘ Where is the God who made me? He gives us songs even during the night.

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.

In spite of all this, their sister nation Judah did not come back to me. They were not faithful to me either. They did not return with all their heart. They only pretended to,” announces the Lord.

“ Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them,‘ You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?

They lie down beside every altar on clothes they have taken. They lie on those clothes until the owner pays back what is owed. In the house of their God they drink wine that was paid as fines.

Every time God killed some of them, the others would seek him. They gladly turned back to him again.They remembered that God was their Rock. They remembered that God Most High had set them free.But they didn’t mean it when they praised him. They lied to him when they spoke.They turned away from him. They weren’t faithful to the covenant he had made with them.

My servants will sing with joy in their hearts. But you will cry out because of the great pain in your hearts. You will cry because your spirits are sad.

The Lord says,“ These people worship me only with their words. They honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me. Their worship doesn’t mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules that they have been taught.

Suppose a prophet goes around telling lies. And he prophesies that you will have plenty of wine and beer. Then that kind of prophet would be just right for this nation!

The people of Shechem went out into the fields. They gathered the grapes. They pressed the juice out of them by stomping on them. Then they held a feast in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.

The only thing they have coming to them is death. Their stomach is their god. They brag about what they should be ashamed of. They think only about earthly things.

“ The time is coming when the songs in the temple will turn to weeping,” announces the Lord and King.“ Many, many bodies will be thrown everywhere! So be quiet!”

The Lord said to me,“ Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.”

“ Now look at what has happened to them,” announces the Lord.“ Once again my people have been taken away. And no one paid anything for them. Those who rule over them brag about it,” announces the Lord.“ All day long without stopping, people speak evil things against my name.

You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering.

So the next day the people got up early. They sacrificed burnt offerings and brought friendship offerings. They sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up to dance wildly in front of their god.

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

The people of Samaria must pay for their sins. They have refused to obey me. They will be killed by swords. Their little children will be smashed on the ground. Their pregnant women will be ripped wide open.”