我说：‘你不要使脚上无鞋，喉咙干渴。’你倒说：‘这是枉然。我喜爱别神，我必随从他们。’”

你不要弄到赤足而行，喉咙干渴。你却说：‘没有用的，我喜爱陌生人，我必随从他们。’”

你不要弄到赤足而行，喉咙干渴。你却说：‘没有用的，我喜爱陌生人，我必随从他们。’”

我说，‘不要因追随假神而跑破鞋子，喉咙干渴。’你却说，‘不行！我爱外族的神明，一定要跟随他们。’

不要使你的脚赤露，你的喉咙干渴！你却说：‘没用的！因为我爱外族人的神，我要跟从他们！’

我說：你不要使腳上無鞋，喉嚨乾渴。你倒說：這是枉然。我喜愛別神，我必隨從他們。

你不要弄到赤足而行，喉嚨乾渴。你卻說：『沒有用的，我喜愛陌生人，我必隨從他們。』」

你不要弄到赤足而行，喉嚨乾渴。你卻說：『沒有用的，我喜愛陌生人，我必隨從他們。』」

我說，『不要因追隨假神而跑破鞋子，喉嚨乾渴。』你卻說，『不行！我愛外族的神明，一定要跟隨他們。』

不要使你的腳赤露，你的喉嚨乾渴！你卻說：‘沒用的！因為我愛外族人的神，我要跟從他們！’

不要使你的腳沒有穿鞋哦！不要使你的喉嚨乾渴哦！你卻說：「不！別夢想啦！我喜愛外族人的神，我決要隨從他們。」

爾足勿跣、爾喉勿渴、惟爾曰、無望也、蓋我慕外、必從之矣、

勿作惡、以致足跣口渴。然爾曰、毋庸勸我、崇他上帝、弗能已焉。

勿使爾足跣口渴、爾曰、勸我徒然、我愛外邦之神、我必從之、

Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said,‘ It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

Do not run after other gods until your sandals are worn out and your throat is dry. But you said,‘ It’s no use! I love those gods. I must go after them.’

Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said,‘ It is hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.’

When will you stop running? When will you stop panting after other gods? But you say,‘ Save your breath. I’m in love with these foreign gods, and I can’t stop loving them now!’

Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you say,“ It’s hopeless; I love strangers, and I will continue to follow them.”

Keep your feet from being bare, And your throat from thirst; But you said,‘ It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And I will walk after them.’

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said,‘ There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you say,“ It’s hopeless; I love strangers, and I will continue to follow them.”

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say,‘ It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!’

“ Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said,‘ It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’

因為我們得救在於這盼望。然而，看得見的盼望，就不是盼望了；誰會盼望自己所看得見的呢？

難道你輕視神豐富的仁慈、寬容、耐心，不明白他的仁慈是引領你來悔改的嗎？可是你照著頑固和不悔改的心，為那震怒的日子，就是神公義審判顯現的日子，給自己積蓄了震怒。

就呼喚說：『我父亞伯拉罕，可憐我吧！請打發拉撒路用指頭蘸點水，涼一下我的舌頭吧，因為我在這火焰裡，極其痛苦！』

你因路途遙遠而困乏，卻不說『沒有希望！』你找到了新生的力量，因此不疲軟。

「父親卻對奴僕們說：『趕快把那最好的袍子拿來給他穿上，把戒指戴在他手上，把鞋子穿在他腳上，

耶和華啊，你撇棄了你的子民雅各家，因為他們中充斥著來自東方的惡俗，又像非利士人那樣充斥著算命者；他們還與外族人擊掌訂交。

那時，耶和華藉著亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞發話——而此前，耶和華吩咐以賽亞：「去吧，解掉你腰間的麻布，脫下你腳上的鞋子」；以賽亞就這樣做，裸體赤足行走——以下是耶和華的話：「我僕人以賽亞怎樣裸體赤足行走三年，作為關乎埃及和庫實的徵兆和預表，亞述王也必把埃及的俘虜和庫實的被擄之民怎樣帶走，使他們無論老少都裸體赤足、露出臀部——成為埃及的羞恥。