The Lord also said to me,“ I have seen these people. They are so stubborn!

“耶和华又对我说：‘我看这百姓是硬着颈项的百姓。

“耶和华对我说：‘我看这百姓，看哪，他们是硬着颈项的百姓。

“耶和华对我说：‘我看这百姓，看哪，他们是硬着颈项的百姓。

“耶和华又对我说，‘我已看出，这是顽固不化的百姓。

耶和华又对我说：‘你看这民族真是一个顽固的民族。

「耶和華又對我說：『我看這百姓是硬着頸項的百姓。

「耶和華對我說：『我看這百姓，看哪，他們是硬着頸項的百姓。

「耶和華對我說：『我看這百姓，看哪，他們是硬着頸項的百姓。

「耶和華又對我說，『我已看出，這是頑固不化的百姓。

耶和華又對我說：‘你看這民族真是一個頑固的民族。

『永恆主又對我說：「我看這人民真是脖子硬的人民。

又曰、我觀斯民、強項者流、

又曰、我鑒此民、強項不馴、

主又諭我曰、我見此民、為強項之民、

And the Lord said to me,“ I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

“ Furthermore, the Lord said to me,‘ I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.

“ The Lord also said to me,‘ I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.

The LORD also said to me,‘ I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

The Lord also said to me,‘ I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.

“ Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying,‘ I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.

Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

The Lord also said to me,‘ I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it[ is] a stiffnecked people:

Moreover, he said to me,“ I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot!

Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying,“ I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff- necked people.

So don’t be stubborn anymore. Obey the Lord.

The Lord your God is giving you this good land to take as your own. But you must understand that it isn’t because you are a godly nation. In fact, you are stubborn.

But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.

I know how you refuse to obey the Lord. I know how stubborn you are. You have refused to obey him while I’ve been living among you. So you will certainly refuse to obey him after I’m dead!

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.

God says,“ Listen, my people, and I will speak. I will be a witness against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

They will see that you have not been faithful to me. You have committed adultery with other gods. And you have acted like a prostitute who does not have any shame. I have seen what you did on the hills and in the fields. And I hate it. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! How long will you choose to be‘ unclean’?”

My Name is in this house. But you have made it a den for robbers! I have been watching you!” announces the Lord.

that I will go down and see for myself. I want to see if what they have done is as bad as the cries that have reached me. If it is not, then I will know.”

I have seen a horrible thing in Israel. The people of Ephraim are unfaithful to their own God. The people of Israel are‘ unclean.’

“ I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses.“ They are stubborn.Now leave me alone. I will destroy them because of my great anger. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

“ So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.