Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant?

你们岂不曾知道吗？你们岂不曾听见吗？从起初岂没有人告诉你们吗？自从立地的根基，你们岂没有明白吗？

你们岂不知道吗？岂未曾听见吗？难道没有人从起头就告诉你们吗？自从地的根基立定，你们岂不明白吗？

你们岂不知道吗？岂未曾听见吗？难道没有人从起头就告诉你们吗？自从地的根基立定，你们岂不明白吗？

难道你们不知道吗？难道你们没有听过吗？难道不是从起初就告诉过你们吗？难道从大地奠立根基以来，你们一直没有明白吗？

你们不曾知道吗？你们不曾听见吗？不是从起初就已经告诉过你们吗？自从大地的根基立了以来，你们还不曾明白吗？

难道你们不知道吗？难道你们没有听过吗？难道从起初没有向你们宣告这事吗？难道从奠定大地根基以来你们没有领悟吗？

你們豈不曾知道嗎？你們豈不曾聽見嗎？從起初豈沒有人告訴你們嗎？自從立地的根基，你們豈沒有明白嗎？

你們豈不知道嗎？豈未曾聽見嗎？難道沒有人從起頭就告訴你們嗎？自從地的根基立定，你們豈不明白嗎？

你們豈不知道嗎？豈未曾聽見嗎？難道沒有人從起頭就告訴你們嗎？自從地的根基立定，你們豈不明白嗎？

難道你們不知道嗎？難道你們沒有聽過嗎？難道不是從起初就告訴過你們嗎？難道從大地奠立根基以來，你們一直沒有明白嗎？

你們不曾知道嗎？你們不曾聽見嗎？不是從起初就已經告訴過你們嗎？自從大地的根基立了以來，你們還不曾明白嗎？

你們不曾知道，不曾聽見麼？從起初沒有人告訴過你們麼？大地的根基立了以來、你們沒有明白過麼？

難道你們不知道嗎？難道你們沒有聽過嗎？難道從起初沒有向你們宣告這事嗎？難道從奠定大地根基以來你們沒有領悟嗎？

爾豈未知、豈未聞之、自元始豈未傳爾、自輿地肇基時、爾豈未悟耶、

創地之先、已有大道、爾豈未之知、未之聞耶。

爾豈未知乎、豈未聞乎、豈未自始傳於爾乎、豈未俯察地基而自悟乎、

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

Don’t you know who made everything? Haven’t you heard about him? Hasn’t it been told to you from the beginning? Haven’t you understood it ever since the earth was made?

Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not considered the foundations of the earth?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not considered the foundations of the earth?

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth?

Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude

“ Do not forget this! Keep it in mind! Remember this, you guilty ones.

It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.”

but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.”

They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities— his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.

And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.

Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!

The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,“ Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”

Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?Yes, there are great benefits! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God.

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known.They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard.Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding. It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen who make their idols. Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes made by expert tailors.But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.Say this to those who worship other gods:“ Your so called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”But the Lord made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding he stretched out the heavens.