But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.

他们却不肯听从，扭转肩头，塞耳不听，

他们却不留意；耸肩悖逆，耳朵发沉，不肯听从。

他们却不留意；耸肩悖逆，耳朵发沉，不肯听从。

他们却不理会，背过身去，充耳不闻，

但他们不肯听从，反而硬着颈项，充耳不闻（“反而硬着颈项，充耳不闻”直译是“转着固执的肩膊，使自己的耳朵发沉不听”）。

他們卻不肯聽從，扭轉肩頭，塞耳不聽，

他們卻不留意；聳肩悖逆，耳朵發沉，不肯聽從。

他們卻不留意；聳肩悖逆，耳朵發沉，不肯聽從。

他們卻不理會，背過身去，充耳不聞，

但他們不肯聽從，反而硬著頸項，充耳不聞（“反而硬著頸項，充耳不聞”直譯是“轉着固執的肩膊，使自己的耳朵發沉不聽”）。

你們列祖卻不肯留心聽從，反而扭轉肩頭，使耳朵沉重而不聽；

然而，他們不肯留心聽，竟扭轉頑梗的肩頭，充耳不聞；

惟彼不從、而轉其肩、塞耳不聽、

惟彼不從、強項難馴、掩耳不聽、

惟彼不從、背逆頑梗、塞耳不聽、

“ But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.

“ Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing.

“ But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

“ But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

“ You warned them so that they would obey your law again. But they became proud. They didn’t obey your commands. They sinned against your rules. You said,‘ Anyone who obeys my rules will live by them.’ But the people didn’t care about that. They turned their backs on you. They became very stubborn. They refused to listen to you.

The people of Israel are stubborn. They are as stubborn as a young cow. So how can I take care of them like lambs in a meadow?

Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me? Why do they always turn away? They keep on telling lies. They refuse to come back to me.

“ Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said,‘ Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said to him,“ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says,‘ How long will you refuse to obey me? Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me.

And listen to the words my servants the prophets are speaking. I have sent them to you again and again. But you have not listened to them.So I will make this house like Shiloh. All the nations on earth will use the name of this city in a curse.” ’ ”

The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said,“ Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said,“ Do not do as they do.”

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they didn’t pay any attention to him.

But you refuse to listen when I call out to you. No one pays attention when I reach out my hand.You turn away from all my advice. And you do not accept my warning.So I will laugh at you when you are in danger. I will make fun of you when hard times come.I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.“ Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.You hated knowledge. You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.You wouldn’t accept my advice. You turned your backs on my warnings.So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived. You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.“ The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.

They refused to listen to you. They forgot the miracles you had done among them. So they became stubborn. When they refused to obey you, they appointed a leader for themselves. They wanted to go back to being slaves in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives. You are gracious. You are tender and kind. You are slow to get angry. You are full of love. So you didn’t desert them.

These people are evil. They refuse to listen to what I say. They do what their stubborn hearts want them to do. They chase after other gods. They serve them and worship them. So they will be like this belt. They will be completely useless.

“ But they didn’t obey you. Instead, they turned against you. They turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets. The prophets had warned them to return to you. But they did very evil things that dishonored you.

But you have to be willing to change and obey me. If you are, you will eat the good things that grow on the land.But if you are not willing to obey me, you will be killed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.

Be sure that you don’t say no to the one who speaks. People did not escape when they said no to the one who warned them on earth. And what if we turn away from the one who warns us from heaven? How much less will we escape!

Their words are like the poison of a snake. They are like the poison of a cobra that has covered up its ears.It won’t listen to a snake charmer’s tune, even if the charmer plays very well.

And,“ The one who is right with God will live by faith. And I am not pleased with the one who pulls back.”( Habakkuk 2:3, 4)But we don’t belong to the people who pull back and are destroyed. We belong to the people who believe and are saved.

But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.

But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.

All of them have returned to the sins their people of long ago committed. Those people refused to listen to what I told them. And now the people of Israel and Judah alike have worshiped other gods and served them. They have broken the covenant I made with their people who lived before them.

I will punish him and his children and his attendants. I will punish them for their sinful ways. I will bring on them all the trouble I said I would. And I will bring it on the people of Jerusalem and Judah. They have not listened to me.” ’ ”

They don’t obey anyone. They don’t accept the Lord’ s warnings. They don’t trust in him. They don’t ask their God for his help.

“ We won’t listen to the message you have spoken to us in the Lord’ s name!

“ You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!

Make the hearts of these people stubborn. Plug up their ears. Close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. And they might turn to me and be healed.”

But they did not listen. They did not pay any attention to me. They were stubborn. They would not listen or pay attention when I corrected them.

We have sinned and done what is wrong. We have been evil. We have refused to obey you. We have turned away from your commands and laws.

When the Sanhedrin heard this, they covered their ears. They yelled at the top of their voices. They all rushed at him.

Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said,‘ Each of you must turn from your evil ways. You must change the way you act. Do not worship other gods. Do not serve them. Then you will live in the land. I gave it to you and your people of long ago.’ But you have not paid any attention. You have not listened to me.

The Lord tells the people of Judah,“ Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said,‘ We won’t walk on it.’I appointed prophets to warn you. I said,‘ Listen to the sound of the trumpets!’ But you said,‘ We won’t listen.’