Again the LORD said to me,“ Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

耶和华又吩咐我说：“你再取愚昧牧人所用的器具，

耶和华对我说：“你再把愚昧牧人所用的器具拿来，

耶和华对我说：“你再把愚昧牧人所用的器具拿来，

耶和华又对我说：“你再拿起愚昧牧人的器具，

耶和华又对我说：“你去取愚昧牧人的装备来。

耶和華又吩咐我說：「你再取愚昧牧人所用的器具，

耶和華對我說：「你再把愚昧牧人所用的器具拿來，

耶和華對我說：「你再把愚昧牧人所用的器具拿來，

耶和華又對我說：「你再拿起愚昧牧人的器具，

耶和華又對我說：“你去取愚昧牧人的裝備來。

永恆主又吩咐我說：『你再取愚妄牧民者的器具。

耶和華又對我說：「你再拿愚蠢牧人的器具。

耶和華謂我曰、復取愚牧之器、

耶和華告我曰、爾當取愚牧之器、

主諭我曰、爾又取愚牧之器、

Then the Lord said to me,“ Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

The Lord said to me,“ Now pretend to be a foolish shepherd. Get the things you need.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.

The LORD also said to me,“ Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

And the Lord said to me,“ Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

And the Lord said to me,“ Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

The Lord also said to me:“ Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Yahweh said to me,“ Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”I replied,“ How long, sovereign master?” He said,“ Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,and the LORD has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

You fools! Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

This is what the sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless lies. They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. They saw oracles for you that were worthless lies.ס( Samek)

Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.They say to a wooden idol,‘ You are my father.’ They say to a stone image,‘ You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say,‘ Come and save us!’