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

“你们当想念这事，自己作大丈夫。悖逆的人哪，要心里思想。

你们当记得这事，立定心意。叛逆的人哪，要留心思想。

你们当记得这事，立定心意。叛逆的人哪，要留心思想。

“你们这些悖逆的人啊，要将这些事铭记在心。

“你们当记念这事，要坚定不移；悖逆的人哪！你们要留心思想。

“你们这些叛逆的人哪，当记念这事，心志坚定，留心反思！

你們當想念這事，自己作大丈夫。悖逆的人哪，要心裏思想。

你們當記得這事，立定心意。叛逆的人哪，要留心思想。

你們當記得這事，立定心意。叛逆的人哪，要留心思想。

「你們這些悖逆的人啊，要將這些事銘記在心。

“你們當記念這事，要堅定不移；悖逆的人哪！你們要留心思想。

『你們要懷念這事，而堅定不移，悖逆的人哪，心裏回想吧！

「你們這些叛逆的人哪，當記念這事，心志堅定，留心反思！

爾悖逆者、當記憶之、顯為丈夫、而追念焉、

爾曹陷於罪者、當深思之、其無愧於丈夫。

爾悖逆之人、當思其事、當自思己乃人也、當心中醒悟、

“ Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels.

So remember this, you who refuse to obey me. Keep it in your minds and hearts.

“ Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors,

“ Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

“ Remember this, and be assured; Recall it to mind, you wrongdoers.

“ Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.

Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

“ Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring[ it] again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Remember this, so you can be brave! Think about it, you rebels!

“ Remember this, and show yourselves men. Bring it to mind again, you transgressors.

Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,“ Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”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?”“ Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you.

“ When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself,‘ At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!

“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate!

You said,‘ I will reign forever as queen of the world!’ You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences.

They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

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

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

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

Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,“ Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”