Jeremiah 6:16 God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the...

6:16 MSG

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The Message - God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls. But they said, ‘Nothing doing. We aren’t going that way.’ I even provided watchmen for them to warn them, to set off the alarm. But the people said, ‘It’s a false alarm. It doesn’t concern us.’ And so I’m calling in the nations as witnesses: ‘Watch, witnesses, what happens to them!’ And, ‘Pay attention, Earth! Don’t miss these bulletins.’ I’m visiting catastrophe on this people, the end result of the games they’ve been playing with me. They’ve ignored everything I’ve said, had nothing but contempt for my teaching. What would I want with incense brought in from Sheba, rare spices from exotic places? Your burnt sacrifices in worship give me no pleasure. Your religious rituals mean nothing to me.”
新标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间；这样，你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路边察看，寻访古老的路，哪里是完善的道路，就行走在其上；这样，你们自己必找到安息。他们却说：‘我们不走。’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路边察看，寻访古老的路，哪里是完善的道路，就行走在其上；这样，你们自己必找到安息。他们却说：‘我们不走。’
当代译本 - 耶和华说： “你们要站在路口观看，寻访古道，找到正路并行在其上，便会得到心灵的安宁。” 但他们却说：“我们不要这样行。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华这样说： “你们要站在路上察看，寻访远古的路径，看哪一条是美善的路，就走在其中；这样，你们心里就必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不走在其中。’
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间，这样你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间；这样，你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
New International Version - This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New International Reader's Version - The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’
English Standard Version - Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New Living Translation - This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’
Christian Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!”
New American Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New King James Version - Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Amplified Bible - Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is; then walk in it, And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
American Standard Version - Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
King James Version - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
New English Translation - The Lord said to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”
World English Bible - Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
新標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說：你們當站在路上察看，訪問古道，哪是善道，便行在其間；這樣，你們心裏必得安息。他們卻說：我們不行在其間。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路邊察看，尋訪古老的路，哪裏是完善的道路，就行走在其上；這樣，你們自己必找到安息。他們卻說：『我們不走。』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路邊察看，尋訪古老的路，哪裏是完善的道路，就行走在其上；這樣，你們自己必找到安息。他們卻說：『我們不走。』
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「你們要站在路口觀看，尋訪古道，找到正路並行在其上，便會得到心靈的安寧。」但他們卻說：「我們不要這樣行。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華這樣說： “你們要站在路上察看，尋訪遠古的路徑，看哪一條是美善的路，就走在其中；這樣，你們心裡就必得安息。他們卻說：‘我們不走在其中。’
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主這麼說：『你們要站在路上察看，訪問往古的路徑，哪一條是好的路，你們便在那上頭行；這樣、你們就得安然。但他們卻說：「我們不在那上頭行。」
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路上察看，訪問古道，哪是善道，便行在其間，這樣你們心裡必得安息。他們卻說：『我們不行在其間。』
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾宜立道中而觀、訪其古道之善者而行之、如是、則心獲安、惟彼曰、我弗由之、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、當立道旁、訪其舊途、正直者履之、可得平康、人曰、余不欲正直是履。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曾如是云、爾曹當立道旁以觀、訪其舊途、何為善道則行之、如是可得平康、惟彼云、我儕不欲行、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así dice el Señor: «Deténganse en los caminos y miren; pregunten por los senderos antiguos. Pregunten por el buen camino, y no se aparten de él. Así hallarán el descanso anhelado. Pero ellos dijeron: “No lo seguiremos”.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “내가 너희에게 ‘너희는 길거리에 서서 바라보아라. 너희가 옛날에 걷던 선한 길이 어느 것인지 알아보고 그 길로 걸어가거라. 그러면 너희가 마음의 안식을 찾을 것이다’ 하였으나 너희는 ‘우리가 그 길로 가지 않겠습니다’ 하고 대답하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Так говорит Господь: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь, расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где лежит добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдете покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдем по нему».
Восточный перевод - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voici ce que dit l’Eternel : Tenez-vous sur les routes, regardez ! ╵Informez-vous ╵des sentiers d’autrefois : « Quel est le bon chemin ? » ╵Et puis, suivez-le donc et vous y trouverez ╵du repos pour vous-mêmes. Mais ils ont répondu : « Nous n’y marcherons pas ! »
リビングバイブル - ところが、それでもなお主はあなたがたに訴えます。「ずっと昔おまえたちが歩いていた、神を恐れる幸いな道を探し出し、その道を歩きなさい。そうすれば、たましいに安らぎがくる。だがおまえたちは、『いや、その道は通りたくない』と答える。
Nova Versão Internacional - Assim diz o Senhor: “Ponham-se nas encruzilhadas e olhem; perguntem pelos caminhos antigos, perguntem pelo bom caminho. Sigam-no e acharão descanso. Mas vocês disseram: ‘Não seguiremos!’
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr zu seinem Volk: Stellt euch an die Straßen und schaut euch um! Erkundigt euch, welchen Weg eure Vorfahren gegangen sind! Fragt nach dem richtigen Weg, und dann beschreitet ihn. So findet ihr Ruhe für euer Leben. Aber ihr sagt: ›Nein, diesen Weg gehen wir nicht!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Hãy đứng trên các nẻo đường đời và quan sát, tìm hỏi đường xưa cũ, con đường chính đáng, và đi vào đường ấy. Đi trong đường đó, các ngươi sẽ tìm được sự an nghỉ trong tâm hồn. Nhưng các ngươi đáp: ‘Chúng tôi không thích con đường đó!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “จงยืนที่ทางแพร่งและมองดู จงถามถึงหนทางโบราณ จงถามหาหนทางที่ดีและดำเนินในทางนั้น แล้วเจ้าจะพบการพักสงบสำหรับจิตใจของเจ้า แต่เจ้าพูดว่า ‘เราจะไม่ยอมเดินทางสายนั้น’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวว่า “จงยืนที่ข้างถนนและมองดู และถามหาทางโบราณ ซึ่งเป็นหนทางที่ดี เจ้าจงเดินในทางนั้น และเจ้าจะพบที่พักพิงของจิตวิญญาณ แต่พวกเขากลับพูดว่า ‘พวกเราจะไม่เดินในทางนั้น’

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Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
Song of Songs 1:7 - Tell me where you’re working —I love you so much— Tell me where you’re tending your flocks, where you let them rest at noontime. Why should I be the one left out, outside the orbit of your tender care?
Song of Songs 1:8 - If you can’t find me, loveliest of all women, it’s all right. Stay with your flocks. Lead your lambs to good pasture. Stay with your shepherd neighbors.
Romans 4:1 - So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story. What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”
Romans 4:4 - If you’re a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don’t call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
Romans 4:6 - David confirms this way of looking at it, saying that the one who trusts God to do the putting-everything-right without insisting on having a say in it is one fortunate man: Fortunate those whose crimes are whisked away, whose sins are wiped clean from the slate. Fortunate the person against whom the Lord does not keep score. Do you think for a minute that this blessing is only pronounced over those of us who keep our religious ways and are circumcised? Or do you think it possible that the blessing could be given to those who never even heard of our ways, who were never brought up in the disciplines of God? We all agree, don’t we, that it was by embracing what God did for him that Abraham was declared fit before God?
John 5:39 - “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.
Matthew 21:28 - “Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’
Matthew 21:29 - “The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’ Later on he thought better of it and went.
Matthew 21:30 - “The father gave the same command to the second son. He answered, ‘Sure, glad to.’ But he never went.
Matthew 21:31 - “Which of the two sons did what the father asked?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said, “Yes, and I tell you that crooks and whores are going to precede you into God’s kingdom. John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when you saw their changed lives, you didn’t care enough to change and believe him.
Jeremiah 2:25 - “Slow down. Take a deep breath. What’s the hurry? Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway? But you say, ‘I can’t help it. I’m addicted to alien gods. I can’t quit.’ * * *
Luke 16:29 - “Abraham answered, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.’
Jeremiah 18:12 - “But they’ll just say, ‘Why should we? What’s the point? We’ll live just the way we’ve always lived, doom or no doom.’” * * *
John 12:35 - Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”
Colossians 2:6 - My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
Malachi 4:4 - “Remember and keep the revelation I gave through my servant Moses, the revelation I commanded at Horeb for all Israel, all the rules and procedures for right living.
Matthew 11:28 - “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

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The Message - God’s Message yet again: “Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls. But they said, ‘Nothing doing. We aren’t going that way.’ I even provided watchmen for them to warn them, to set off the alarm. But the people said, ‘It’s a false alarm. It doesn’t concern us.’ And so I’m calling in the nations as witnesses: ‘Watch, witnesses, what happens to them!’ And, ‘Pay attention, Earth! Don’t miss these bulletins.’ I’m visiting catastrophe on this people, the end result of the games they’ve been playing with me. They’ve ignored everything I’ve said, had nothing but contempt for my teaching. What would I want with incense brought in from Sheba, rare spices from exotic places? Your burnt sacrifices in worship give me no pleasure. Your religious rituals mean nothing to me.”
新标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间；这样，你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路边察看，寻访古老的路，哪里是完善的道路，就行走在其上；这样，你们自己必找到安息。他们却说：‘我们不走。’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路边察看，寻访古老的路，哪里是完善的道路，就行走在其上；这样，你们自己必找到安息。他们却说：‘我们不走。’
当代译本 - 耶和华说： “你们要站在路口观看，寻访古道，找到正路并行在其上，便会得到心灵的安宁。” 但他们却说：“我们不要这样行。”
圣经新译本 - 耶和华这样说： “你们要站在路上察看，寻访远古的路径，看哪一条是美善的路，就走在其中；这样，你们心里就必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不走在其中。’
现代标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间，这样你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华如此说： “你们当站在路上察看，访问古道，哪是善道，便行在其间；这样，你们心里必得安息。他们却说：‘我们不行在其间。’
New International Version - This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New International Reader's Version - The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’
English Standard Version - Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New Living Translation - This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’
Christian Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!”
New American Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
New King James Version - Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Amplified Bible - Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is; then walk in it, And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
American Standard Version - Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
King James Version - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
New English Translation - The Lord said to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”
World English Bible - Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
新標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說：你們當站在路上察看，訪問古道，哪是善道，便行在其間；這樣，你們心裏必得安息。他們卻說：我們不行在其間。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路邊察看，尋訪古老的路，哪裏是完善的道路，就行走在其上；這樣，你們自己必找到安息。他們卻說：『我們不走。』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路邊察看，尋訪古老的路，哪裏是完善的道路，就行走在其上；這樣，你們自己必找到安息。他們卻說：『我們不走。』
當代譯本 - 耶和華說：「你們要站在路口觀看，尋訪古道，找到正路並行在其上，便會得到心靈的安寧。」但他們卻說：「我們不要這樣行。」
聖經新譯本 - 耶和華這樣說： “你們要站在路上察看，尋訪遠古的路徑，看哪一條是美善的路，就走在其中；這樣，你們心裡就必得安息。他們卻說：‘我們不走在其中。’
呂振中譯本 - 永恆主這麼說：『你們要站在路上察看，訪問往古的路徑，哪一條是好的路，你們便在那上頭行；這樣、你們就得安然。但他們卻說：「我們不在那上頭行。」
現代標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說：「你們當站在路上察看，訪問古道，哪是善道，便行在其間，這樣你們心裡必得安息。他們卻說：『我們不行在其間。』
文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾宜立道中而觀、訪其古道之善者而行之、如是、則心獲安、惟彼曰、我弗由之、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、當立道旁、訪其舊途、正直者履之、可得平康、人曰、余不欲正直是履。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曾如是云、爾曹當立道旁以觀、訪其舊途、何為善道則行之、如是可得平康、惟彼云、我儕不欲行、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así dice el Señor: «Deténganse en los caminos y miren; pregunten por los senderos antiguos. Pregunten por el buen camino, y no se aparten de él. Así hallarán el descanso anhelado. Pero ellos dijeron: “No lo seguiremos”.
현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “내가 너희에게 ‘너희는 길거리에 서서 바라보아라. 너희가 옛날에 걷던 선한 길이 어느 것인지 알아보고 그 길로 걸어가거라. 그러면 너희가 마음의 안식을 찾을 것이다’ 하였으나 너희는 ‘우리가 그 길로 가지 않겠습니다’ 하고 대답하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Так говорит Господь: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь, расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где лежит добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдете покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдем по нему».
Восточный перевод - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так говорит Вечный: – Встаньте на распутье и осмотритесь; расспросите о древних тропах, о том, где пролегает добрый путь, и идите по нему, и найдёте покой своим душам. Но вы сказали: «Не пойдём по нему».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voici ce que dit l’Eternel : Tenez-vous sur les routes, regardez ! ╵Informez-vous ╵des sentiers d’autrefois : « Quel est le bon chemin ? » ╵Et puis, suivez-le donc et vous y trouverez ╵du repos pour vous-mêmes. Mais ils ont répondu : « Nous n’y marcherons pas ! »
リビングバイブル - ところが、それでもなお主はあなたがたに訴えます。「ずっと昔おまえたちが歩いていた、神を恐れる幸いな道を探し出し、その道を歩きなさい。そうすれば、たましいに安らぎがくる。だがおまえたちは、『いや、その道は通りたくない』と答える。
Nova Versão Internacional - Assim diz o Senhor: “Ponham-se nas encruzilhadas e olhem; perguntem pelos caminhos antigos, perguntem pelo bom caminho. Sigam-no e acharão descanso. Mas vocês disseram: ‘Não seguiremos!’
Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht der Herr zu seinem Volk: Stellt euch an die Straßen und schaut euch um! Erkundigt euch, welchen Weg eure Vorfahren gegangen sind! Fragt nach dem richtigen Weg, und dann beschreitet ihn. So findet ihr Ruhe für euer Leben. Aber ihr sagt: ›Nein, diesen Weg gehen wir nicht!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Hãy đứng trên các nẻo đường đời và quan sát, tìm hỏi đường xưa cũ, con đường chính đáng, và đi vào đường ấy. Đi trong đường đó, các ngươi sẽ tìm được sự an nghỉ trong tâm hồn. Nhưng các ngươi đáp: ‘Chúng tôi không thích con đường đó!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “จงยืนที่ทางแพร่งและมองดู จงถามถึงหนทางโบราณ จงถามหาหนทางที่ดีและดำเนินในทางนั้น แล้วเจ้าจะพบการพักสงบสำหรับจิตใจของเจ้า แต่เจ้าพูดว่า ‘เราจะไม่ยอมเดินทางสายนั้น’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวว่า “จงยืนที่ข้างถนนและมองดู และถามหาทางโบราณ ซึ่งเป็นหนทางที่ดี เจ้าจงเดินในทางนั้น และเจ้าจะพบที่พักพิงของจิตวิญญาณ แต่พวกเขากลับพูดว่า ‘พวกเราจะไม่เดินในทางนั้น’

Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
Song of Songs 1:7 - Tell me where you’re working —I love you so much— Tell me where you’re tending your flocks, where you let them rest at noontime. Why should I be the one left out, outside the orbit of your tender care?
Song of Songs 1:8 - If you can’t find me, loveliest of all women, it’s all right. Stay with your flocks. Lead your lambs to good pasture. Stay with your shepherd neighbors.
Romans 4:1 - So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story. What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”
Romans 4:4 - If you’re a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don’t call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
Romans 4:6 - David confirms this way of looking at it, saying that the one who trusts God to do the putting-everything-right without insisting on having a say in it is one fortunate man: Fortunate those whose crimes are whisked away, whose sins are wiped clean from the slate. Fortunate the person against whom the Lord does not keep score. Do you think for a minute that this blessing is only pronounced over those of us who keep our religious ways and are circumcised? Or do you think it possible that the blessing could be given to those who never even heard of our ways, who were never brought up in the disciplines of God? We all agree, don’t we, that it was by embracing what God did for him that Abraham was declared fit before God?
John 5:39 - “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.
Matthew 21:28 - “Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’
Matthew 21:29 - “The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’ Later on he thought better of it and went.
Matthew 21:30 - “The father gave the same command to the second son. He answered, ‘Sure, glad to.’ But he never went.
Matthew 21:31 - “Which of the two sons did what the father asked?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said, “Yes, and I tell you that crooks and whores are going to precede you into God’s kingdom. John came to you showing you the right road. You turned up your noses at him, but the crooks and whores believed him. Even when you saw their changed lives, you didn’t care enough to change and believe him.
Jeremiah 2:25 - “Slow down. Take a deep breath. What’s the hurry? Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway? But you say, ‘I can’t help it. I’m addicted to alien gods. I can’t quit.’ * * *
Luke 16:29 - “Abraham answered, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.’
Jeremiah 18:12 - “But they’ll just say, ‘Why should we? What’s the point? We’ll live just the way we’ve always lived, doom or no doom.’” * * *
John 12:35 - Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”
Colossians 2:6 - My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
Malachi 4:4 - “Remember and keep the revelation I gave through my servant Moses, the revelation I commanded at Horeb for all Israel, all the rules and procedures for right living.
Matthew 11:28 - “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”