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

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

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.“ How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking,“ Where is the God of justice?”

“ Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?

“ Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!

No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it,“ Why have you made me like this?”

He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.

“ Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh.“ And who is the Lord? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

The wicked think,“ God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

“ Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk?He chooses evil people as companions. He spends his time with wicked men.

Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again— no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”And Sennacherib’s officers further mocked the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah, heaping insult upon insult.The king also sent letters scorning the Lord, the God of Israel. He wrote,“ Just as the gods of all the other nations failed to rescue their people from my power, so the God of Hezekiah will also fail.”The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city.These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.

They even mock God and say,“ Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.”

Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions? Not at all— they don’t even know how to blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be brought down when I punish them, says the Lord.

“ Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!“ But you ask,‘ What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’“ You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.

You cry out,“ Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.

Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.You boast,“ We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”

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?’“ You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.“ Then you ask,‘ How have we defiled the sacrifices?’“ You defile them by saying the altar of the Lord deserves no respect.When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.