but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

反倒退后，行诡诈，像他们的祖宗一样；他们改变，如同翻背的弓。

反倒退后，行诡诈，像他们的祖宗一样，他们翻转，如同松弛的弓，

反倒退后，行诡诈，像他们的祖宗一样，他们翻转，如同松弛的弓，

他们跟祖先一样背信弃义，像断弓一样毫不可靠。

他们背信不忠，像他们的列祖一样；他们改变了，如同不可靠的弓。

他们退缩、背信，如同他们的祖先；他们扭曲，如同松弛的弓。

反倒退後，行詭詐，像他們的祖宗一樣；他們改變，如同翻背的弓。

反倒退後，行詭詐，像他們的祖宗一樣，他們翻轉，如同鬆弛的弓，

反倒退後，行詭詐，像他們的祖宗一樣，他們翻轉，如同鬆弛的弓，

他們跟祖先一樣背信棄義，像斷弓一樣毫不可靠。

他們背信不忠，像他們的列祖一樣；他們改變了，如同不可靠的弓。

反倒退後而背信、像他們祖宗一樣；他們變了，如同乖張的弓一般。

他們退縮、背信，如同他們的祖先；他們扭曲，如同鬆弛的弓。

轉而背之、行詐如其列祖、變其趨向、如偏反之弓兮、

維彼濟惡、屢行叛逆、無異列祖、如弦絶弓反兮、

失信悖逆與其列祖無異、改變有如弓翻、

捨正就邪。一如乃翁。不中正鵠。彷彿弊弓。

Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless, as unreliable as a faulty bow.

They were like their people who lived long ago. They turned away from him and were not faithful. They were like a bow that doesn’t shoot straight. They couldn’t be trusted.

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

They treacherously turned away like their ancestors; they became warped like a faulty bow.

But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow.

But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

They treacherously turned away like their fathers; they became warped like a faulty bow.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

“ Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them,‘ The Lord Yahweh says:“ Moreover, in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There they also made their pleasant aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.Yes, they spoke against God. They said,“ Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel.For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.They took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.