I answered,“ Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the LORD says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

现在我可以向谁说话作见证，使他们听呢？他们的耳朵未受割礼，不能听见。看哪，耶和华的话他们以为羞辱，不以为喜悦。

现在我可以向谁说话，警告谁，使他们听呢？看哪，他们的耳朵未受割礼，不能听见。看哪，他们以耶和华的话为羞辱，不以为喜悦。

现在我可以向谁说话，警告谁，使他们听呢？看哪，他们的耳朵未受割礼，不能听见。看哪，他们以耶和华的话为羞辱，不以为喜悦。

我可以警告谁呢？谁会听呢？他们耳朵闭塞，什么也听不见！看啊，耶和华的话逆耳，他们毫不喜欢。

我可以向谁说话，向谁警告，使他们可以听从呢？他们的耳朵未受割礼，不能听闻；看哪！他们以耶和华的话为羞辱，一点也不喜欢。

現在我可以向誰說話作見證，使他們聽呢？他們的耳朵未受割禮，不能聽見。看哪，耶和華的話他們以為羞辱，不以為喜悅。

現在我可以向誰說話，警告誰，使他們聽呢？看哪，他們的耳朵未受割禮，不能聽見。看哪，他們以耶和華的話為羞辱，不以為喜悅。

現在我可以向誰說話，警告誰，使他們聽呢？看哪，他們的耳朵未受割禮，不能聽見。看哪，他們以耶和華的話為羞辱，不以為喜悅。

我可以警告誰呢？誰會聽呢？他們耳朵閉塞，什麼也聽不見！看啊，耶和華的話逆耳，他們毫不喜歡。

我可以向誰說話，向誰警告，使他們可以聽從呢？他們的耳朵未受割禮，不能聽聞；看哪！他們以耶和華的話為羞辱，一點也不喜歡。

我要向誰說話，而發警告，使他們聽呢？看哪，他們的耳朵沒受割禮，不能傾聽；看哪，永恆主的話、他們以為羞辱，不喜悅它。

我將與誰言以警之、使之聞乎、其耳未潔、致不能聽、耶和華之言、彼視為辱、不以為悅、

我將與誰言、使之聽命、彼充耳不聽、彼姍笑我命、不以為悅。

我可與誰言、而警戒誰、使之聽從、彼塞耳不聽、哂笑主之言、不以為悅、

To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Who can I speak to? Who can I warn? Who will even listen to me? Their ears are closed so they can’t hear. The Lord’ s message displeases them. They don’t take any delight in it.

To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.

To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all.

Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the LORD has become contemptible to them— they find no pleasure in it.

To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become for them a rebuke; They take no delight in it.

To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them— they find no pleasure in it.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear[ is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

“ You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’”

But Moses replied to the LORD,“ If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?”

Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him?

I long for your deliverance, O LORD; I find delight in your law.

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel:“ Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.

Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.In the past he said to them,“ This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.So the LORD’s word to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, and be injured, ensnared, and captured.

The LORD God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place.But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

One of the experts in religious law answered him,“ Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.ג( Gimel)

We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”

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.I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the LORD demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them.” Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.ד( Dalet)

For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out,“ Violence and destruction are coming!” This message from the LORD has made me an object of continual insults and derision.Sometimes I think,“ I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people,

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them,“ You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

When I say to the wicked,“ You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.“ When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

He said,“ Go and tell these people:‘ Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the LORD and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“ We are not blind too, are we?”

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future?Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.

Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.