“ 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.

“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, 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, 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.’

For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

No one can tell it anything; it refuses all correction. It does not trust in the Lord or draw near to its God.

“ I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.

The bellows fiercely fan the flames to burn out the corruption. But it does not purify them, for the wickedness remains.

Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.

Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied.

Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.

“ We will not listen to your messages from the Lord!We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like— just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”“ Besides,” the women added,“ do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”