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

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.

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

— ye that put far away the evil day, and 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 will die by the sword, Those who say,‘ The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

“ Come,” they say,“ let’s get wine, and let’s drink heavily of intoxicating drink; And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

“ Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying,‘ The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

and saying,“ Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as they were from the beginning of creation.”

While they are saying,“ Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

“ Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying,‘ The days are long, and every vision fails’?

But if that evil slave says in his heart,‘ My master is not coming for a long time,’

But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord,“ these who store up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate.

Woe to you who are longing for the day of the Lord, For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light;

Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and all who make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?

Yet you said,‘ I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.