No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied,“ We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

你们是行你们父所行的事。”他们说：“我们不是从淫乱生的；我们只有一位父，就是神。”

你们是做你们父的工作。”他们就对他说：“我们不是从淫乱生的，我们只有一位父，就是上帝。”

你们是做你们父的工作。”他们就对他说：“我们不是从淫乱生的，我们只有一位父，就是神。”

你们是在做你们父所做的事。”他们说：“我们不是从淫乱生的！我们只有一位父，就是上帝。”

你们要作的，正是你们的父要作的。”他们说：“我们不是从淫乱生的；我们只有一位父，就是神。”

你们在做你们的父所做的事。”他们回答说：“我们不是由淫乱所生的，我们只有一位父，就是神。”

你們是行你們父所行的事。」他們說：「我們不是從淫亂生的；我們只有一位父，就是神。」

你們是做你們父的工作。」他們就對他說：「我們不是從淫亂生的，我們只有一位父，就是上帝。」

你們是做你們父的工作。」他們就對他說：「我們不是從淫亂生的，我們只有一位父，就是神。」

你們是在作你們父所做的事。」他們說：「我們不是從淫亂生的！我們只有一位父，就是上帝。」

你們要作的，正是你們的父要作的。”他們說：“我們不是從淫亂生的；我們只有一位父，就是神。”

你們只是行你們的父的事罷了。』他們就對耶穌說：『我們不是由淫亂而生的；我們只有一位父、就是上帝。』

你們在做你們的父所做的事。」他們回答說：「我們不是由淫亂所生的，我們只有一位父，就是神。」

爾行爾父之行耳、眾曰、我非由淫而生、我有一父、即上帝也、

特行爾父所行耳、眾曰、我儕非由淫而生、我儕有一父、即上帝也

爾行爾父之所行、眾曰、我儕非由淫亂而生、惟有一父、即天主也、

爾所為者、正爾父之所為耳！』若輩應曰：『吾儕非私生子也！吾儕惟有一父、天主是已！』

You are doing the works of your own father.”“ We are not illegitimate children,” they protested.“ The only Father we have is God himself.”

You are doing what your own father does.”“ We have the right to claim to be God’s children,” they objected.“ The only Father we have is God himself.”

You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him,“ We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father— even God.”

You’re doing what your father does.”“ We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said.“ We have one Father— God.”

You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him,“ We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.”

You do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him,“ We were not born of fornication; we have one Father— God.”

Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

You’re doing what your father does.”“ We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said.“ We have one Father— God.”

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father,[ even] God.

You people are doing the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Jesus,“ We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

You do the works of your father.” They said to him,“ We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”

And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past.

I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your father.”

Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the Lord’s beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.

Then you will tell him,‘ This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

“ Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests:“ A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!“ But you ask,‘ How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’

“ I thought to myself,‘ I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me‘ Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.

Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?

“ Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” says the Lord.“ I often have to punish him, but I still love him. That’s why I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

“ But you— come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings. They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy?You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me.

When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him,“ Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”

“ Then you took your sons and daughters— the children you had borne to me— and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?

“ But now bring charges against Israel— your mother— for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband. Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face and the clothing that exposes her breasts.Otherwise, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a dry and barren wilderness.And I will not love her children, for they were conceived in prostitution.Their mother is a shameless prostitute and became pregnant in a shameful way. She said,‘ I’ll run after other lovers and sell myself to them for food and water, for clothing of wool and linen, and for olive oil and drinks.’

But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are— adulterers and murderers.“ Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.