They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the Lord.

你的住处在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不肯认识我。这是耶和华说的。

你居住在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不愿意认识我。这是耶和华说的。

你居住在诡诈的人中；他们因行诡诈，不愿意认识我。这是耶和华说的。

他们充满诡诈，不认我是上帝。这是耶和华说的。”

欺凌加上欺凌，诡诈加上诡诈（按照《马索拉文本》，“欺凌加上欺凌，诡诈加上诡诈”作“你的住所在诡诈中；在诡诈里”；现参照《七十士译本》翻译），他们不肯认识我。”这是耶和华的宣告。

你的住處在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不肯認識我。這是耶和華說的。

你居住在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不願意認識我。這是耶和華說的。

你居住在詭詐的人中；他們因行詭詐，不願意認識我。這是耶和華說的。

他們充滿詭詐，不認我是上帝。這是耶和華說的。」

欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐（按照《馬索拉文本》，“欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐”作“你的住所在詭詐中；在詭詐裡”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），他們不肯認識我。”這是耶和華的宣告。

欺凌加上欺凌，詭詐加上詭詐，總不肯認識我：這是永恆主發神諭說的。

耶和華曰、爾居詭詐之中、彼緣詭詐、不肯識我、○

耶和華告耶利米曰、爾之鄰里詭譎、不識我耶和華之道。

主諭先知曰、爾居詭詐人中、因詭詐不願識我、

You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah, you live among people who tell lies. When they lie, they refuse to pay any attention to me,” announces the Lord.

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the LORD’s declaration.

Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know Me. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Thine habitation[ is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.

Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.

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

And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord.

I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me!“ Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said.“ Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth— good for nothing!

And yet they say to God,‘ Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’

Then why do these people stay on their self destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.

Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And now they are great and rich.

My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me“ The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threaten,“ If you say anything, we will report it.” Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip.“ He will trap himself,” they say,“ and then we will get our revenge on him.”

Then the people said,“ Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”

Rescue me, O Lord, from liars and from all deceitful people.O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.How I suffer in far off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.I am tired of living among people who hate peace.