“ Son of man, speak to the land. Tell it,‘ You have not been washed clean with rain. That’s because I am angry with you.’

“人子啊，你要对这地说：你是未得洁净之地，在恼恨的日子也没有雨下在你以上。

“人子啊，你要向这地说：你是未被洁净之地，在我盛怒的日子，没有雨水在其上。

“人子啊，你要向这地说：你是未被洁净之地，在我盛怒的日子，没有雨水在其上。

“人子啊，你要对以色列说，‘在我发怒的日子，将没有雨水滋润你这不洁之地。

“人子啊！你要对这地说：‘在忿怒的日子，你是没有雨水（“没有雨水”这译法是根据古译本，原文作“未得洁净”），没有甘霖之地’。

「人子啊，你要對這地說：你是未得潔淨之地，在惱恨的日子也沒有雨下在你以上。

「人子啊，你要向這地說：你是未被潔淨之地，在我盛怒的日子，沒有雨水在其上。

「人子啊，你要向這地說：你是未被潔淨之地，在我盛怒的日子，沒有雨水在其上。

「人子啊，你要對以色列說，『在我發怒的日子，將沒有雨水滋潤你這不潔之地。

“人子啊！你要對這地說：‘在忿怒的日子，你是沒有雨水（“沒有雨水”這譯法是根據古譯本，原文作“未得潔淨”），沒有甘霖之地’。

『人子啊，你要對這地說：當我盛怒的日子、你是沒有雨水未得霖雨之地。

人子歟、當告斯土曰、爾乃不潔之地、震怒之日、甘霖不沛、

人子、當告以色列族曰、斯土不潔、震怒之日、甘霖不沛、

人子、當告斯地曰、爾乃未得潔之地、震怒之日不得甘雨、

“ Son of man, say to the land,‘ You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’

“ Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.

“ Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will be like a polluted land, a land without rain.

“ Son of man, say to her,‘ You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.’

“ Son of man, say to her,‘ You are a land that is not clean or rained on in the day of indignation.’

“ Son of man, say to her:‘ You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

“ Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.

Son of man, say unto her, Thou[ art] the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

“ Son of man, say to her:‘ You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

“ Son of man, tell her,‘ You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.’

But his people have not returned to the God who struck them down. They haven’t turned for help to the Lord who rules over all.

They don’t obey anyone. They don’t accept the Lord’ s warnings. They don’t trust in him. They don’t ask their God for his help.

“ I punished your people. But it did not do them any good. They did not pay attention when they were corrected. You have killed your prophets by swords. You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

When King Ahaz was in trouble, he became even more unfaithful to the Lord.

The fire is made very hot so the lead will burn away. But it is impossible to make these people pure. Those who are evil are not removed.

And that’s not all. The people and all the leaders of the priests became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The people and leaders made the Lord’ s temple“ unclean.” The Lord had set the temple in Jerusalem apart in a special way for himself.The Lord, the God of Israel, sent word to his people through his messengers. He sent it to them again and again. He took pity on his people. He also took pity on the temple where he lived.But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’ s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

“ Jerusalem, you are really impure. I tried to clean you up. But you would not let me make you pure. So you will not be clean again until I am no longer so angry with you.

Israel, why do you want to be beaten all the time? Why do you always refuse to obey the Lord? Your head is covered with wounds. Your whole heart is weak.

“ We won’t listen to the message you have spoken to us in the Lord’ s name!We will certainly do everything we said we would. We’ll burn incense to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her. We’ll do just as we and our people of long ago have done. Our kings and our officials also did it. All of us did it in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food. We were well off. We didn’t suffer any harm.But then we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. We stopped pouring out drink offerings to her. And ever since that time we haven’t had anything. Instead, we’ve been dying of war and hunger.”The women added,“ We burned incense to the Queen of Heaven. We poured out drink offerings to her. And our husbands knew we were making cakes that looked like her. They knew we were pouring out drink offerings to her.”