But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.

你们是编造谎言的，都是无用的医生。

但你们是编造谎言的，全都是无用的医生。

但你们是编造谎言的，全都是无用的医生。

而你们只会编造谎言，都是无用的庸医。

你们都是捏造谎言的，都是无用的医生。

你們是編造謊言的，都是無用的醫生。

但你們是編造謊言的，全都是無用的醫生。

但你們是編造謊言的，全都是無用的醫生。

而你們只會編造謊言，都是無用的庸醫。

你們都是捏造謊言的，都是無用的醫生。

你們呢，你們是粉飾虛假的，是無用的醫生。

爾乃造妄言者、俱為無用之醫、

爾曹言詞誕妄、如庸醫治疾、斷不能愈。

爾造虛妄之言詞、皆如無用之醫士、

You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!

But you spread lies about me and take away my good name. If you are trying to heal me, you aren’t very good doctors!

As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.

As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.

You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers.

But you smear me with lies; You are all worthless physicians.

But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.

But you coat the truth with lies; you are all worthless doctors.

But ye[ are] forgers of lies, ye[ are] all physicians of no value.

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

“ Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.

“ I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!

Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?

“ The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

“ Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.For you say,‘ Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?’Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done?Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him.How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?”

Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.

“ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.

For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.You have not given the weary water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.But the mighty man possessed the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it.You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you,Or darkness so that you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you.“ Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!And you say,‘ What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.’Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod,Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?They said to God,‘ Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.“ The righteous see it and are glad, And the innocent laugh at them:‘ surely our adversaries are cut down, And the fire consumes their remnant.’“ Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your precious silver;For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.When they cast you down, and you say,‘ Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person.He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.”

“ Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.The old lion perishes for lack of prey, And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying,‘ Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.

There is no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.

“ Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.His sons are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.Because the hungry eat up his harvest, Taking it even from the thorns, And a snare snatches their substance.

The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord,“ and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the Lord.

When Jesus heard it, He said to them,“ Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

For now you are nothing, You see terror and are afraid.

“ When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah saw his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb; Yet he cannot cure you, Nor heal you of your wound.