— ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

你们以为降祸的日子还远，坐在位上尽行强暴。

你们以为降祸的日子尚远，却使残暴的统治临近。

你们以为降祸的日子尚远，却使残暴的统治临近。

你们以为灾难的日子离得还远，就大肆施行暴政。

你们认为灾祸的日子离开很远，你们的行为却招致残暴的审判。

你們以為降禍的日子還遠，坐在位上盡行強暴。

你們以為降禍的日子尚遠，卻使殘暴的統治臨近。

你們以為降禍的日子尚遠，卻使殘暴的統治臨近。

你們以為災難的日子離得還遠，就大肆施行暴政。

你們認為災禍的日子離開很遠，你們的行為卻招致殘暴的審判。

有禍啊那些擅自把災禍之日推遠，反把強暴之座位挪近的！

爾以為患難之日遙遠、致暴虐之位速設、

居位之人、所行暴虐、以為報應之理、甚屬茫昧、

爾曹以為降罰之日尚遠、且居於位行強暴、且居於位行強暴原文作使強暴之位相近

You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.

You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.

O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?

You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.

Are you postponing the day of disaster, And would you bring near the seat of violence?

Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to- morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.