but later they changed their minds. They took back the men and women they had freed, forcing them to be slaves again.

后来却又反悔，叫所任去自由的仆人婢女回来，勉强他们仍为仆婢。

但后来他们又反悔，叫被释放得自由的仆人婢女回来，强迫他们仍为仆婢。

但后来他们又反悔，叫被释放得自由的仆人婢女回来，强迫他们仍为仆婢。

事后却又反悔，抓回先前释放的奴隶，再次奴役他们。

但后来他们反悔，把他们释放了的奴婢叫回来，强迫他们再作奴婢。

後來卻又反悔，叫所任去自由的僕人婢女回來，勉強他們仍為僕婢。

但後來他們又反悔，叫被釋放得自由的僕人婢女回來，強迫他們仍為僕婢。

但後來他們又反悔，叫被釋放得自由的僕人婢女回來，強迫他們仍為僕婢。

事後卻又反悔，抓回先前釋放的奴隸，再次奴役他們。

但後來他們反悔，把他們釋放了的奴婢叫回來，強迫他們再作奴婢。

以後卻又後悔，叫所送出去自由的奴僕婢女又回來，強迫他們做僕婢。

後乃反悔、令其所釋僕婢、歸而事之、仍為僕婢、

既而悔所釋之僕婢、仍使服事、

既而後悔、以所釋任意自由之奴婢、復使之歸、強之仍為奴婢、

But afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.

But later they changed their minds. They took back the people they had set free. They made them slaves again.

But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had let go free and forced them to become slaves again.

But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male servants and as female servants.

But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.

but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

But later they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again.

but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.They prove the truth of this proverb:“ A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says,“ A washed pig returns to the mud.”

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.

“ When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.Then it says,‘ I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”

They look everywhere except to the Most High. They are as useless as a crooked bow. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.

And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the Lord’s guidance or seek my blessings.”

Please beg the Lord to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged,“ Plead with the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the Lord reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.

But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again, and Pharaoh again became stubborn.Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O Lord. Take them away with those who do evil. May Israel have peace!

So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed,“ As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in the court as before.War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit from the Lord suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.Then Saul sent troops to watch David’s house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him,“ If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”

When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer.But all they gave him was lip service; they lied to him with their tongues.

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.

“ I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And although they have left Jerusalem for a while,

Then Saul confessed,“ I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”

Then Pharaoh will think,‘ The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!’And once again I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after you. I have planned this in order to display my glory through Pharaoh and his whole army. After this the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord!” So the Israelites camped there as they were told.When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds.“ What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.So Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops.He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, so he chased after the people of Israel, who had left with fists raised in defiance.The Egyptians chased after them with all the forces in Pharaoh’s army— all his horses and chariots, his charioteers, and his troops. The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi hahiroth, across from Baal zephon.

But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.

At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem.

“ O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?” asks the Lord.“ For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

“ Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the Lord your God to take away this death from me.”So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and pleaded with the Lord.The Lord responded by shifting the wind, and the strong west wind blew the locusts into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained in all the land of Egypt.But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart again, so he refused to let the people go.

Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.