“ Your words against Me are harsh,” says the Lord. Yet you ask:“ What have we spoken against You?”

耶和华说：“你们用话顶撞我，你们还说：‘我们用什么话顶撞了你呢？’

耶和华说：“你们用话顶撞我。”你们却说：“我们说了什么话顶撞你呢？”

耶和华说：“你们用话顶撞我。”你们却说：“我们说了什么话顶撞你呢？”

耶和华说：“你们出言毁谤我，还问，‘我们怎么毁谤你了？’

耶和华说：“你们用无礼的话顶撞我。你们还问：‘我们用什么话顶撞了你呢？’

耶和华说：“你们用话语顶撞我，还问：‘我们是怎么用话语顶撞你的呢？’

耶和華說：「你們用話頂撞我，你們還說：『我們用甚麼話頂撞了你呢？』

耶和華說：「你們用話頂撞我。」你們卻說：「我們說了甚麼話頂撞你呢？」

耶和華說：「你們用話頂撞我。」你們卻說：「我們說了甚麼話頂撞你呢？」

耶和華說：「你們出言譭謗我，還問，『我們怎麼譭謗你了？』

耶和華說：“你們用無禮的話頂撞我。你們還問：‘我們用甚麼話頂撞了你呢？’

永恆主說：『你們的話說得很硬來頂撞我；你們卻還問說：「我們說甚麼話來頂撞你呢？」

耶和華說：「你們用話語頂撞我，還問：『我們是怎麼用話語頂撞你的呢？』

耶和華曰、爾以狂悖之言逆我、乃曰、我以何言逆爾乎、

耶和華曰、爾出言不遜、違逆乎我、爾曰、予以何詞悖爾哉、

主曰、爾出言不遜、爾出言不遜或作爾以狂悖之言議論我、爾曰、我以何詞議論主乎、

“ You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord.“ Yet you ask,‘ What have we said against you?’

“ You have spoken with pride against me,” says the Lord.“ But you ask,‘ What have we spoken against you?’

“ Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say,‘ How have we spoken against you?’

“ You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord.“ But you say,‘ What do you mean? What have we said against you?’

“ Your words against me are harsh,” says the LORD. Yet you ask,“ What have we spoken against you?”

“ Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord.“ Yet you say,‘ What have we spoken against You?’

“ Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord,“ Yet you say,‘ What have we spoken against You?’

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken[ so much] against thee?

“ You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“ but you ask,‘ How have we criticized you?’

“ Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh.“ Yet you say,‘ What have we spoken against you?’

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask,“ How have we wearied Him?” When you say,“ Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or“ Where is the God of justice?”

Would you really challenge My justice? Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?

Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed? Who have you raised your voice against and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it,“ Why did you make me like this?”

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.

But Pharaoh responded,“ Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

He says to himself,“ God has forgotten; He hides His face and will never see.”

What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

Who among all the gods of these nations that my predecessors completely destroyed was able to deliver his people from my power, that your God should be able to do the same for you?So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my power or the power of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my power!’”His servants said more against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.He also wrote letters to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying against Him: Just like the national gods of the lands that did not deliver their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not deliver His people from my power.Then they called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem, who were on the wall, to frighten and discourage them in order that he might capture the city.They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.

to those who say:“ Let Him hurry up and do His work quickly so that we can see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place so that we can know it!”

Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently? They weren’t at all ashamed. They can no longer feel humiliation. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. When I punish them, they will collapse,” says the Lord.

“ Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” You ask:“ How do we rob You?”“ By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Yet you ask,“ For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you mockers who rule this people in Jerusalem.For you said,“ We have cut a deal with Death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery.”

“ A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.” Yet you ask:“ How have we despised Your name?”“ By presenting defiled food on My altar.” You ask:“ How have we defiled You?” When you say:“ The Lord’s table is contemptible.”“ When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord of Hosts.