I thought,“ These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.

我说：这些人实在是贫穷的，是愚昧的，因为不晓得耶和华的作为和他们神的法则。

我说：“这些人实在是贫寒的，他们是愚昧的，因为不知道耶和华的作为，也不知道他们上帝的法则。

我说：“这些人实在是贫寒的，他们是愚昧的，因为不知道耶和华的作为，也不知道他们神的法则。

我想：“他们贫穷、愚昧，不明白他们上帝耶和华的道，也不知道祂的法令。

我说：“这些人只是贫穷小民，为人愚昧；他们不晓得耶和华的道路，也不明白他们神的法则。

我說：這些人實在是貧窮的，是愚昧的，因為不曉得耶和華的作為和他們神的法則。

我說：「這些人實在是貧寒的，他們是愚昧的，因為不知道耶和華的作為，也不知道他們上帝的法則。

我說：「這些人實在是貧寒的，他們是愚昧的，因為不知道耶和華的作為，也不知道他們神的法則。

我想：「他們貧窮、愚昧，不明白他們上帝耶和華的道，也不知道祂的法令。

我說：“這些人只是貧窮小民，為人愚昧；他們不曉得耶和華的道路，也不明白他們神的法則。

我說：『這些人只是貧窮愚昧；因為他們不曉得永恆主所行的路，不明白他們的上帝的法則。

我曰、此乃貧乏者、愚昧者、不識耶和華之道、不明其上帝之法、

我自謂、彼貧乏者流、懵然愚昧、不識厥上帝耶和華之道。

我自謂彼貧貧或作賤者流、彼愚昧因不識主之道、不明其天主之法、

I thought,“ The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.

Then I said,“ These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.

Then I said,“ But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.

Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Then I said,“ They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord Or the judgment of their God.

Therefore I said,“ Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord, The judgment of their God.

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have played the fool. For they don’t understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.

Therefore I said, Surely these[ are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD,[ nor] the judgment of their God.

I thought,“ Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Then I said,“ Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God.

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.“ Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.

“ Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?For it is: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there.”Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,to whom he said,“ This is the resting place, let the weary rest”; and,“ This is the place of repose”— but they would not listen.So then, the word of the Lord to them will become: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there— so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be injured and snared and captured.

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

“ My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

“ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law— there is a curse on them.”

But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.