“ O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God!

“我的民哪，你们当听我的话！以色列啊，我要劝戒你；我是神，是你的神！

“听啊，我的子民，我要说话！以色列啊，我要审问你；我是上帝，是你的上帝！

“听啊，我的子民，我要说话！以色列啊，我要审问你；我是神，是你的神！

祂说：“我的子民啊，听我说！以色列啊，我要指控你！我是上帝，是你的上帝。

“我的子民哪！你们要听，我要说话；以色列啊！我要控诉你；我是神，是你的神。

“听啊，我的子民，我要说话！以色列啊，我要告诫你！我是神，是你的神。

我的民哪，你們當聽我的話！以色列啊，我要勸戒你；我是神，是你的神！

「聽啊，我的子民，我要說話！以色列啊，我要審問你；我是上帝，是你的上帝！

「聽啊，我的子民，我要說話！以色列啊，我要審問你；我是神，是你的神！

祂說：「我的子民啊，聽我說！以色列啊，我要指控你！我是上帝，是你的上帝。

“我的子民哪！你們要聽，我要說話；以色列啊！我要控訴你；我是神，是你的神。

『我的人民哪，你們要聽，我要說話；以色列啊，聽吧，我要控訴你，我永恆主、你的上帝、要控訴。

「聽啊，我的子民，我要說話！以色列啊，我要告誡你！我是神，是你的神。

我民歟、爾其聽之、我則宣言、以色列歟、我將戒爾、我乃上帝、爾之上帝兮、

以色列族、我之人民、宜聽我言、我乃爾之上帝、將督責爾過兮、

我民須聽、我將有言、以色列乎、我警戒爾、我乃天主、即爾之天主、

告爾義塞民。吾乃爾之神。

“ Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.

God says,“ Listen, my people, and I will speak. I will be a witness against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

“ Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

“ Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

“ Hear, My people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God.

“ Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God!

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

“ Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I[ am] God,[ even] thy God.

He says:“ Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

“ Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

“ Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!

“ I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.

“ So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors— a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”

“ Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.“ As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be swept away.”

Listen to the word of the Lord, people of Jacob— all you families of Israel!This is what the Lord says:“ What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.

‘ I am the Lord your God,’ I told them.‘ Follow my decrees, pay attention to my regulations,and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the Lord your God.’

Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!

For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.“ But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.

Because of all this, the Lord his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of the king of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.

Listen to what the Lord is saying:“ Stand up and state your case against me. Let the mountains and hills be called to witness your complaints.And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel.“ O my people, what have I done to you? What have I done to make you tired of me? Answer me!For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.Don’t you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, when I, the Lord, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness.”What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: When I chose Israel— when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt— I took a solemn oath that I, the Lord, would be their God.

“ You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who warned them through the prophets. But still they wouldn’t listen! So once again you allowed the peoples of the land to conquer them.

Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah:“ Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees— the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”

Therefore, I will bring my case against you,” says the Lord.“ I will even bring charges against your children’s children in the years to come.

“ At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say,‘ These are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The Lord is our God.’”

You have declared today that the Lord is your God. And you have promised to walk in his ways, and to obey his decrees, commands, and regulations, and to do everything he tells you.The Lord has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.

Then I said to them,‘ Each of you, get rid of the vile images you are so obsessed with. Do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt, for I am the Lord your God.’