Those who 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;

— 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.

All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say,‘ Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’

“ Come,” say they,“ I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”

“ Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say,‘ The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies 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.”

For when they are saying,“ Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

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

But if that evil servant should say in his heart,‘ My lord is delaying his coming,’

“ Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh,“ Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

“ Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

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 you, which brings about mischief by statute?

You said,‘ I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.