Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

这耶路撒冷的民，为何恒久背道呢？他们守定诡诈，不肯回头。

这耶路撒冷的百姓为何永久背道呢？他们抓住诡诈，不肯回头。

这耶路撒冷的百姓为何永久背道呢？他们抓住诡诈，不肯回头。

为什么耶路撒冷的居民一味地背叛我？他们诡诈成性，不肯回头。

这人民为什么背道，耶路撒冷为什么长久偏离？他们定意行诡诈，不肯回转。

這耶路撒冷的民，為何恆久背道呢？他們守定詭詐，不肯回頭。

這耶路撒冷的百姓為何永久背道呢？他們抓住詭詐，不肯回頭。

這耶路撒冷的百姓為何永久背道呢？他們抓住詭詐，不肯回頭。

為什麼耶路撒冷的居民一味地背叛我？他們詭詐成性，不肯回頭。

這人民為甚麼背道，耶路撒冷為甚麼長久偏離？他們定意行詭詐，不肯回轉。

這人民為甚麼長久轉離呢？他們執迷着詭詐，不肯轉回。

然則此耶路撒冷民、恆久悖逆何為乎、彼堅持詭譎、弗肯旋轉、

然則耶路撒冷人恆背逆予、固執詭詐、不知悛改、曷故。

然則此耶路撒冷之民、違棄我、永不復歸、何故、固執虛假、不願悔改、何故、

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me? Why do they always turn away? They keep on telling lies. They refuse to come back to me.

Then why do these people stay on their self destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.

Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.

Why has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold on to deceit, They refuse to return.

Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.

Why[ then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem continually turn away from me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. They refuse to turn back to me.

Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.

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

He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say,“ Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

who say to the seers,“ Do not see,” and to the prophets,“ Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,

My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.

yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

Only hold fast what you have until I come.

but test everything; hold fast what is good.

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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.From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day.Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

And the Lord said to me,“ Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,“‘ Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the Lord.Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.