You will say,“ How I hated to take advice! How my heart refused to be corrected!

说：“我怎么恨恶训诲，心中藐视责备，

说：“我为何恨恶管教，心里轻看责备呢？

说：“我为何恨恶管教，心里轻看责备呢？

说：“我为何厌恶教诲，心里藐视责备！

说：“我为什么恨恶管教，我的心为什么轻视责备，

说：“我怎么就恨恶了管教呢？我的心怎么就藐视了责备呢？

說：我怎麼恨惡訓誨，心中藐視責備，

說：「我為何恨惡管教，心裏輕看責備呢？

說：「我為何恨惡管教，心裏輕看責備呢？

說：「我為何厭惡教誨，心裡藐視責備！

說：“我為甚麼恨惡管教，我的心為甚麼輕視責備，

說：『唉！我怎樣恨惡管教，我的心怎樣藐視勸責，

說：「我怎麼就恨惡了管教呢？我的心怎麼就藐視了責備呢？

乃曰、我何恨惡訓誨、心輕斥責、

曰、我不受教、藐視箴規、

曰、哀哉、我厭棄訓誨、心中藐視督責、

You will say,“ How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

and you say,“ How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

You will say,“ How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

and you will say,“ How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.

And you say,“ How I hated instruction! And my heart disdainfully rejected rebuke!

And say:“ How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

and you will say,“ How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

And you will say,“ How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

and say,“ How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Anyone who loves correction loves knowledge. Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.

“ How long will you childish people love your childish ways? How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others? How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?

You turn away from all my advice. And you do not accept my warning.

If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord. But foolish people hate wisdom and instruction.

A foolish person turns their back on their parent’s correction. But anyone who accepts correction shows understanding.

Those who turn away from their training become poor and ashamed. But those who accept warnings are honored.

You hate my teaching. You turn your back on what I say.

“ Get out of our way!” the men of Sodom replied to Lot.“ You came here as an outsider. Now you want to act like a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept trying to force Lot to open the door. Then they moved forward to break it down.

“ Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said,‘ Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.“ Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them.“ Then they had a change of heart. They said,‘ The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they didn’t pay any attention to him.So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.

Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the priest. He was the son of Jehoiada. Zechariah stood in front of the people. He told them,“ God says,‘ Why do you refuse to obey my commands? You will not have success. You have deserted me. So I have deserted you.’ ”But the people made evil plans against Zechariah. The king ordered them to kill Zechariah by throwing stones at him. They did it in the courtyard of the Lord’ s temple.King Joash didn’t remember how kind Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been to him. So he killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying he said,“ May the Lord see this. May he hold you responsible.”

Here is the judgment. Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light. They loved darkness because what they did was evil.Everyone who does evil deeds hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen.

The next day Moses went out again. He saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one who had started the fight a question. He said,“ Why are you hitting another Hebrew man?”The man said,“ Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking about killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid. He thought,“ People must have heard about what I did.”

Again and again I sent my servants the prophets. They said,‘ Don’t worship other gods! The Lord hates it!’

While the prophet was still speaking, the king spoke to him. He said,“ Did I ask you for advice? Stop! If you don’t, you will be struck down.” So the prophet stopped. But then he said,“ I know that God has decided to destroy you. That’s because you have worshiped other gods. You haven’t listened to my advice.”

But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’ s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

Your father’s command is like a lamp. Your mother’s teaching is like a light. And whatever instructs and corrects you leads to life.

But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’ s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.“ When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord.“ So when they called, I would not listen.I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations. They were strangers there. The land they left behind became dry and empty. No one could even travel through it. This is how they turned the pleasant land into a dry and empty desert.”

You hated knowledge. You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.You wouldn’t accept my advice. You turned your backs on my warnings.