‘ We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t mourn.’

‘我们向你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们向你们举哀，你们不捶胸。’

‘我们为你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们不捶胸。’

‘我们为你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们不捶胸。’

“‘我们吹娶亲的乐曲，你们不跳舞；我们唱送葬的哀歌，你们不悲伤。’

说：‘我们给你们吹笛子，你们却不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们也不捶胸。’

说：‘我们为你们吹笛，你们却不跳舞；我们唱哀歌，你们也不捶胸。’

我們向你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們向你們舉哀，你們不捶胸。

『我們為你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們不捶胸。』

『我們為你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們不捶胸。』

『我們吹娶親的樂曲，你們不跳舞；我們唱送葬的哀歌，你們不悲傷。』

說：‘我們給你們吹笛子，你們卻不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們也不捶胸。’

「我們向你們吹笛，你們也不跳舞；我們向你們哀號，你們也不捶胸。」

說：『我們為你們吹笛，你們卻不跳舞；我們唱哀歌，你們也不捶胸。』

曰、我吹籥、爾不踊、我舉哀、爾不擗、

我吹籥、爾不踊、我悲歌、爾不傷、

我向爾吹笛、而爾不躍、我向爾悲歌、而爾不哭、

「我吹笛、爾未舞；我悲歌、爾未哭。」

“‘ We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

“‘ We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’

“‘ We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

and say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not mourn.’

and saying:‘ We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not lament.’

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

‘ We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

and say,‘ We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

“ Who does the Lord think we are?” they ask.“ Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, just recently weaned?He tells us everything over and over— one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!”So now God will have to speak to his people through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language!God has told his people,“ Here is a place of rest; let the weary rest here. This is a place of quiet rest.” But they would not listen.So the Lord will spell out his message for them again, one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there, so that they will stumble and fall. They will be injured, trapped, and captured.

When Jesus arrived at the official’s home, he saw the noisy crowd and heard the funeral music.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women who mourn at funerals.Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair,‘ We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.’”Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.

Jesus replied,“ Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ.When I was with the Jews, I lived like a Jew to bring the Jews to Christ. When I was with those who follow the Jewish law, I too lived under that law. Even though I am not subject to the law, I did this so I could bring to Christ those who are under the law.When I am with the Gentiles who do not follow the Jewish law, I too live apart from that law so I can bring them to Christ. But I do not ignore the law of God; I obey the law of Christ.When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings.

And all the people followed Solomon into Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.

I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel. You will again be happy and dance merrily with your tambourines.

But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord— to the Rock of Israel.

“ Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house,