But the people didn’t listen. They didn’t pay any attention. They didn’t turn from their sinful ways. They didn’t stop burning incense to other gods.

他们却不听从，不侧耳而听，不转离恶事，仍向别神烧香。

他们却不听从，不侧耳而听，也不转离恶事，仍向别神烧香。

他们却不听从，不侧耳而听，也不转离恶事，仍向别神烧香。

他们却毫不理会，不肯改掉向假神烧香的恶行。

他们却不听从，毫不留心，不肯离开他们的恶行，仍向别神烧香。

他們卻不聽從，不側耳而聽，不轉離惡事，仍向別神燒香。

他們卻不聽從，不側耳而聽，也不轉離惡事，仍向別神燒香。

他們卻不聽從，不側耳而聽，也不轉離惡事，仍向別神燒香。

他們卻毫不理會，不肯改掉向假神燒香的惡行。

他們卻不聽從，毫不留心，不肯離開他們的惡行，仍向別神燒香。

他們卻不聽從，不傾耳以聽、以轉離他們的壞事、而不向別的神燻祭。

惟彼不從、不側耳以聽、不改其惡仍焚香於他神、

彼不傾耳以聽、焚香服事他上帝、怙惡不悛。

惟彼不聽、不傾耳以聽、不改惡行、仍焚香於他神、

But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.

But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.

But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to these gods.

But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods.

But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.

We will certainly do everything we said we would. We’ll burn incense to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her. We’ll do just as we and our people of long ago have done. Our kings and our officials also did it. All of us did it in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food. We were well off. We didn’t suffer any harm.But then we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. We stopped pouring out drink offerings to her. And ever since that time we haven’t had anything. Instead, we’ve been dying of war and hunger.”The women added,“ We burned incense to the Queen of Heaven. We poured out drink offerings to her. And our husbands knew we were making cakes that looked like her. They knew we were pouring out drink offerings to her.”Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people who were answering him. He spoke to men and women alike. He said,“ Didn’t the Lord know you were burning incense in the towns of Judah? Didn’t he care that you were also doing it in the streets of Jerusalem? You and your people of long ago were doing it. Your kings and officials were doing it too. So were the rest of the people in the land.

I knew how stubborn you were. Your neck muscles were as unbending as iron. Your forehead was as hard as bronze.

But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.

But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’ s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

“ But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.“ I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!

But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’ s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.

I’ve given her time to turn away from her sinful ways. But she doesn’t want to.She lay down to commit her sin so I will make her lie down in suffering. Those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly too. Their only way out is to turn away from what she taught them to do.

The houses in Jerusalem will be made‘ unclean’ like Topheth. So will the houses of the kings of Judah. All these people burned incense on their roofs to all the stars. They poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”

All of them have returned to the sins their people of long ago committed. Those people refused to listen to what I told them. And now the people of Israel and Judah alike have worshiped other gods and served them. They have broken the covenant I made with their people who lived before them.

I wish you would pay attention to my commands. If you did, peace would flow over you like a river. Godliness would sweep over you like the waves of the ocean.

But they did not listen. They did not pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. So I brought down on them all the curses of the covenant. I commanded them to obey it. But they refused.’ ”