「然而，雅各啊，你卻沒有呼求我；以色列啊，你竟然厭倦了我！

“雅各啊，你并没有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厌烦我。

“雅各啊，你并没有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厌烦我。

“雅各啊，你并没有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厌烦我。

“雅各啊，你却没有求告我；以色列啊，你竟然厌烦我。

然而，雅各啊！你并没有呼求我。以色列啊！你竟厌烦我。

“然而，雅各啊，你却没有呼求我；以色列啊，你竟然厌倦了我！

雅各啊，你並沒有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。

「雅各啊，你並沒有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。

「雅各啊，你並沒有求告我；以色列啊，你倒厭煩我。

「雅各啊，你卻沒有求告我；以色列啊，你竟然厭煩我。

然而，雅各啊！你並沒有呼求我。以色列啊！你竟厭煩我。

『但雅各啊，你呼求的並不是我呀！以色列啊，你厭煩的倒是我呢！

惟爾雅各、不呼籲我、以色列厭我、

惟雅各家以色列族、敬恪已弛、不肯上籲、

雅各乎、爾反不籲我、以色列乎、爾反不因我而勤勞、

“ Yet you have not called on me, Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, Israel.

“ Family of Jacob, you have not prayed to me as you should. People of Israel, you have not worn yourselves out for me.

“ Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

“ But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel!

“ But, Jacob, you have not called on me, because, Israel, you have become weary of me.

“ Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, Israel.

“ But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

“ But Jacob, you have not called on Me, because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

“ But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

你們說：『服事神是枉然的！遵守神所吩咐的，在萬軍之耶和華面前哀痛而行，有什麼好處呢？

你們不但說：『看，真煩哪！』而且對主的桌子嗤之以鼻。你們把搶來的、瘸腿的、患病的動物帶來——竟然帶來作供物！難道我會從你們的手中悅納牠們嗎？」這是耶和華說的。

你們渴望而不能擁有，就殺人；你們嫉妒而不能獲得，就爭鬥、作戰。你們不能擁有，是因為你們不求；你們求也不能得到，是因為你們求的動機不對，為了要花費在自己的私慾上。

沒有人呼求你的名，沒有人奮起去緊抓你；因為你向我們掩面，使我們在自己罪孽的權勢下消融。

求你傾瀉你的怒火，向不認識你的列邦，向不呼求你名的列國；

難道所有作惡的都不明白嗎？他們吞噬我的子民像吃飯那樣，他們不呼求耶和華。

從此耶穌的門徒中有許多人離開回到背後的事上，不再與他同行。耶穌就對十二使徒說：「你們也不會想離開吧？」西門彼得回答：「主啊，你有永恆生命的話語，我們還去歸從誰呢？我們已經相信，也知道你就是神的那位聖者。」

照著摩西的律法上所記的，這一切禍患都臨到我們身上；然而我們卻沒有懇求耶和華我們神的恩寵，好使我們回轉離開自己的罪孽，留心你的真理。