Then the Lord said to me,“ Even faithless Israel is less guilty than treacherous Judah!

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。

耶和华对我说：“不忠贞的以色列比奸诈的犹大罪过还轻。

耶和华对我说：“背道的以色列，比诡诈的犹大还显得正义。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。

耶和華對我說：「不忠貞的以色列比奸詐的猶大罪過還輕。

耶和華對我說：“背道的以色列，比詭詐的猶大還顯得正義。

永恆主對我說：『轉離正道的以色列比詭詐的猶大還顯得罪輕。

耶和華諭我曰、悖逆之以色列、較詭譎之猶大、尚顯其義、

耶和華又告耶利米曰、以色列族背予、猶大人欺予、若相比較、則以色列之過尤細。

主又諭我曰、背叛之以色列、較悖逆之猶大猶顯為善、

The Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

The Lord said to me,“ Israel and Judah have not been faithful to me. But Israel was not as bad as Judah was.

And the Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

The LORD announced to me,“ Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

And the Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

The Lord announced to me,“ Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Then the LORD said to me,“ Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.

Yahweh said to me,“ Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

“ Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

“ Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you.Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous.

For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.

But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption.

Israel is stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. So should the Lord feed her like a lamb in a lush pasture?

She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.

“ My wayward children,” says the Lord,“ come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”“ Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply,“ for you are the Lord our God.