You have bstricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But cthey have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.
They are foolish;
For athey do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
For athey have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether bbroken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
bA wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
cA leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.
Your children have forsaken Me
And asworn by those bthat are not gods.
cWhen I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
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American Standard Version
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
Amplified® Bible
Then I said, Surely these are only the poor; they are [sinfully] foolish {and} have no understanding, for they know not the way of the Lord, the judgment (the just and righteous law) of their God.
Contemporary English Version
Then I thought to myself, "These common people act like fools, and they have never learned what the LORD their God demands of them.
Darby English Version
And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
Good News Bible
Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
King James Version
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
New American Standard Bible
Then I said, "They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD {Or} the ordinance of their God.
New International Version
I thought, "These are only the poor;
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the LORD,
the requirements of their God.
New King James Version
Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For they do not know the way of the LORD,
The judgment of their God.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I said, "They represent only the poor, They act foolishly; For they do not know the way of the LORD Or the ordinance of their God.
Revised Standard Version
Then I said, "These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the law of their God.
Young's Literal Translation
And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
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