Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill. Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool. Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.

你虽用杵将愚妄人与打碎的麦子一同捣在臼中，他的愚妄还是离不了他。

用杵把愚妄人与谷粒一同捣在臼中，他的愚昧还是离不了他。

用杵把愚妄人与谷粒一同捣在臼中，他的愚昧还是离不了他。

就算把愚人放在臼里与麦子一起捣碎，他仍然难脱愚昧。

你虽然用杵把愚妄人与碎谷一同捣在臼中，他的愚妄还是离不了他。

就算用杵将愚妄人与麦子一同捣碎在石臼中，他的愚妄还是不会离开他。

你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中，他的愚妄還是離不了他。

用杵把愚妄人與穀粒一同搗在臼中，他的愚昧還是離不了他。

用杵把愚妄人與穀粒一同搗在臼中，他的愚昧還是離不了他。

就算把愚人放在臼裡與麥子一起搗碎，他仍然難脫愚昧。

你雖然用杵把愚妄人與碎穀一同搗在臼中，他的愚妄還是離不了他。

你雖將愚妄人搗在臼中，（用杵將他跟碎穀同搗）他的愚妄還是離不了他。

就算用杵將愚妄人與麥子一同搗碎在石臼中，他的愚妄還是不會離開他。

愚人與穀、以杵倂搗於臼、亦不能去其愚、○

扑責愚人、如擣麥於臼、亦不能去其愚、

爾以杵擣麥於臼、可以去皮、若擣愚人於其間、不能去其愚、

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,[ yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

“ They hit me,” you will say.“ But I’m not hurt! They beat me. But I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”

Israel, why do you want to be beaten all the time? Why do you always refuse to obey the Lord? Your head is covered with wounds. Your whole heart is weak.

Pharaoh and all his officials got up during the night. So did all the Egyptians. There was loud crying in Egypt because someone had died in every home.

When King Ahaz was in trouble, he became even more unfaithful to the Lord.Ahaz offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus. They had won the battle over him. Ahaz thought,“ The gods of the kings of Aram have helped them. So I’ll sacrifice to those gods. Then they’ll help me.” But those gods only caused his ruin. In fact, those gods caused the ruin of the whole nation of Israel.

All the Jews who were living in Lower and Upper Egypt gathered to give Jeremiah their answer. A large crowd had come together. It included men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods. Their wives were there with them. All of them said to Jeremiah,“ We won’t listen to the message you have spoken to us in the Lord’ s name!

The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. Then Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them. They said,“ What have we done? We’ve let the people of Israel go! We’ve lost our slaves and all the work they used to do for us!”

“ Your enemies bragged,‘ We will chase Israel and will catch them. We’ll divide up what we take from them. We’ll eat them alive. We’ll pull our swords out. Our powerful hands will destroy them.’

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. The kingdom of the beast became very dark. People chewed on their tongues because they were suffering so much.They spoke evil things against the God of heaven. They did this because of their pains and their sores. But they refused to turn away from the sins they had committed.