They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.

他们以背向我，不以面向我；我虽从早起来教训他们，他们却不听从，不受教训，

他们以背向我，不以面向我；我虽然一再教导他们，他们却不听从，不领受训诲，

他们以背向我，不以面向我；我虽然一再教导他们，他们却不听从，不领受训诲，

他们不是面向我而是背对我，我不厌其烦地教导他们，他们却不肯听，不受教。

他们以背向我，不以脸向我；我不断教导他们，他们却不肯听从，不接受管教；

他們以背向我，不以面向我；我雖從早起來教訓他們，他們卻不聽從，不受教訓，

他們以背向我，不以面向我；我雖然一再教導他們，他們卻不聽從，不領受訓誨，

他們以背向我，不以面向我；我雖然一再教導他們，他們卻不聽從，不領受訓誨，

他們不是面向我而是背對我，我不厭其煩地教導他們，他們卻不肯聽，不受教。

他們以背向我，不以臉向我；我不斷教導他們，他們卻不肯聽從，不接受管教；

他們是以背向着我，不是以面；我雖教訓他們，又及時又屢次地教訓，他們卻不聽而接受管教；

彼背我、而不面我、我雖夙興而誨之、彼猶不聽從、不受教、

彼退縮不前、我則誨之諄諄、彼則聽我藐藐。

彼以背向我、不以面向我、我屢屢原文作每晨誨之、惟彼不聽、不受督責、

They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

They turned their backs to me. They would not face me. I taught them again and again. But they would not listen or pay attention when they were corrected.

My people have turned their backs on me and have refused to return. Even though I diligently taught them, they would not receive instruction or obey.

They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen to accept discipline.

And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching[ them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

who say to a tree,‘ You are my father,’ and to a stone,‘ You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say,‘ Arise and save us!’

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not listened,

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying,‘ Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying,‘ Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’

Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.”

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.

The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

“ For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,