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

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

“ 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 the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.

She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.

“ In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.

The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.

Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

“‘ Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.

Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.

“ We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.”The women added,“ When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?”