But regarding Israel, God said,“ All day long I opened my arms to them, but they were disobedient and rebellious.”

至于以色列人，他说：“我整天伸手招呼那悖逆顶嘴的百姓。”

关于以色列人，他说：“我整天向那悖逆顶嘴的百姓招手。”

关于以色列人，他说：“我整天向那悖逆顶嘴的百姓招手。”

至于以色列人，他说：“我整天伸出双手招呼那悖逆顽固的百姓。”

论到以色列人，他却说：“我整天向那悖逆顶嘴的子民伸开双手。”

但是关于以色列人，他却说：“我整天向那悖逆、顶嘴的子民伸出双手。”

至於以色列人，他說：「我整天伸手招呼那悖逆頂嘴的百姓。」

關於以色列人，他說：「我整天向那悖逆頂嘴的百姓招手。」

關於以色列人，他說：「我整天向那悖逆頂嘴的百姓招手。」

至於以色列人，他說：「我整天伸出雙手招呼那悖逆頑固的百姓。」

論到以色列人，他卻說：“我整天向那悖逆頂嘴的子民伸開雙手。”

論到以色列呢、他卻說：『我向悖逆頂撞的子民、整天伸開手來招呼呢！』

但是關於以色列人，他卻說：「我整天向那悖逆、頂嘴的子民伸出雙手。」

惟指以色列民、則曰、我終日舉手、招悖逆有違言之民矣、

其言以色列人曰、我終日舉手、勸不信非我之民矣、

其言言或作語以色列、則曰、我終日伸手、招不信服而違逆之民、

而於義塞人則曰：『我終日舉手以招斯民、而斯民頑強、不肯回頭。』

But concerning Israel he says,“ All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

But Isaiah also speaks about what God says concerning Israel. God said,“ All day long I have held out my hands. I have held them out to a stubborn people who do not obey me.”( Isaiah 65:2)

But of Israel he says,“ All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

But as for Israel, He says,“ I have spread out My hands all day long to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

But to Israel he says:“ All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.”

But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

But about Israel he says,“ All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!”

But about Israel he says,“ All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people. But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes.All day long they insult me to my face by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens. They burn incense on pagan altars.At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.Yet they say to each other,‘ Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away.

Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you,“ Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.

“ For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.“ At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.“ At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them,‘ Why haven’t you been working today?’“ They replied,‘ Because no one hired us.’“ The landowner told them,‘ Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’“ That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first.When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage.When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,‘ Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’“ He answered one of them,‘ Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you.Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Even now, while I am still alive and am here with you, you have rebelled against the Lord. How much more rebellious will you be after my death!

“ I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.

“ Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied,“ for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.

“ Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.“ Finally, the owner sent his son, thinking,‘ Surely they will respect my son.’“ But when the tenant farmers saw his son coming, they said to one another,‘ Here comes the heir to this estate. Come on, let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’So they grabbed him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and murdered him.“ When the owner of the vineyard returns,” Jesus asked,“ what do you think he will do to those farmers?”The religious leaders replied,“ He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard to others who will give him his share of the crop after each harvest.”Then Jesus asked them,“ Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures?‘ The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.’I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared,“ It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles.For the Lord gave us this command when he said,‘ I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’”

“ But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

And,“ He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.

“ Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them,‘ Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to these gods.And so my fury boiled over and fell like fire on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusalem, and they are still a desolate ruin today.

When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!“ So he sent other servants to tell them,‘ The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!’But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.“ The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.

“ The Lord also said to me,‘ I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem:‘ There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’

“ Again and again the Lord has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention.

“ Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time— from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.