“ They can’t return to me because they have done so many evil things. In their hearts they long to act like prostitutes. They do not recognize me as the Lord.

“他们所行的使他们不能归向神；因有淫心在他们里面，他们也不认识耶和华。

他们所做的使他们不能归向上帝，因有淫乱的心在他们里面；他们不认识耶和华。

他们所做的使他们不能归向神，因有淫乱的心在他们里面；他们不认识耶和华。

他们的恶行阻挠他们归向自己的上帝，邪淫之灵占据了他们的心，以致他们不认识耶和华。

他们所行的使他们不能回转，归回自己的神；因为在他们当中有淫乱的灵；他们也不认识耶和华。

他們所行的使他們不能歸向神；因有淫心在他們裏面，他們也不認識耶和華。

他們所做的使他們不能歸向上帝，因有淫亂的心在他們裏面；他們不認識耶和華。

他們所做的使他們不能歸向神，因有淫亂的心在他們裏面；他們不認識耶和華。

他們的惡行阻撓他們歸向自己的上帝，邪淫之靈佔據了他們的心，以致他們不認識耶和華。

他們所行的使他們不能回轉，歸回自己的神；因為在他們當中有淫亂的靈；他們也不認識耶和華。

他們所行的使他們不能回歸於他們的上帝；因為有淫亂的心在他們裏面，永恆主、他們也不認識。

彼之所為、阻其歸於上帝、蓋中懷淫心、不識耶和華、

不壹志歸我、惟狥私欲、不識我耶和華、

其行不端、致不能歸其天主、或作彼之行為使彼不能歸其天主彼存邪淫之心、致不能識主、

“ Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the Lord.

Your deeds won’t let you return to your God. You are a prostitute through and through, and you do not know the Lord.

Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the LORD.

Their deeds will not allow them To return to their God. For a spirit of infidelity is within them, And they do not know the Lord.

“ They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord.

Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the Lord.

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms[ is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the LORD.

Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.

My people ask a wooden statue of a god for advice. They get answers from a stick of wood. They are as unfaithful as prostitutes. They are not faithful to their God.

We know that we have come to know God if we obey his commands.Suppose someone says,“ I know him.” But suppose this person does not do what God commands. Then this person is a liar and is not telling the truth.

You do not know him. But I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him. And I obey his word.

Jeremiah, you live among people who tell lies. When they lie, they refuse to pay any attention to me,” announces the Lord.

Here is the judgment. Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light. They loved darkness because what they did was evil.Everyone who does evil deeds hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen.

They would not be like their people who lived long ago. Those people were stubborn. They refused to obey God. They turned away from him. Their spirits were not faithful to him.

Eli’s sons were good for nothing. They didn’t honor the Lord.

So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie.Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.

I have a message from God in my heart. It is about the evil ways of anyone who sins. They don’t have any respect for God.They praise themselves so much that they can’t see their sin or hate it.Their mouths speak words that are evil and false. They do not act wisely or do what is good.Even as they lie in bed they make evil plans. They commit themselves to a sinful way of life. They never say no to what is wrong.

They will do things like that because they do not know the Father or me.

My people are destroyed because they do not know me.“ You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

“ Jehoiakim, does having more and more cedar boards make you a king? Your father Josiah had enough to eat and drink. He did what was right and fair. So everything went well with him.He stood up for those who were poor or needy. So everything went well with him. That is what it means to know me,” announces the Lord.

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’ s message. He is bringing charges against you who live in Israel. He says,“ There is no faithfulness or love in the land. No one recognizes me as God.

But here is what the one who brags should boast about. They should brag that they have the understanding to know me. I want them to know that I am the Lord. No matter what I do on earth, I am always kind, fair and right. And I take delight in this,” announces the Lord.

I will change their hearts. Then they will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people. And I will be their God. They will return to me with all their heart.

Lord, those who know you will trust in you. You have never deserted those who look to you.

There will not be any rain for their rivers. So they will dry up. Those things will happen because their land is full of statues of gods. Those gods will go crazy with terror.