[和合本] 这世代的人哪，你们要看明耶和华的话。我岂向以色列作旷野呢？或作幽暗之地呢？我的百姓为何说：‘我们脱离约束，再不归向你了’？
[新标点] 这世代的人哪，你们要看明耶和华的话。我岂向以色列作旷野呢？或作幽暗之地呢？我的百姓为何说：我们脱离约束，再不归向你了？
[和合修] 这世代的人哪，你们要留意耶和华的话。我向以色列岂是旷野，或幽暗之地呢？我的百姓为何说：‘我们脱离约束，不再归向你了’？
[新译本] 这世代的人哪！你们要注意耶和华的话：‘对以色列人来说，难道我是旷野，或是黑暗的地方？我的子民为什么说：我们自由了，不再到你那里去了？
[当代修] 这世代的人啊，要留心听耶和华的话。对以色列人来说，难道我是旷野，是幽暗之地吗？为什么我的子民竟说，‘我们可以四处游荡，不再追随你’？
[现代修] 以色列人哪，留心听我的话！我像荒凉的旷野或幽暗的地方吗？为什么你们竟说要随从自己的意思，不回我这里来呢？
[吕振中] 但你们呢，这世代的人哪，你们要看明白永恒主的话。难道我对以色列竟成了旷野？或是极幽暗之地？我的人民为什么说：‘我们漫游无拘了；我们再也不来归你了’？
[思高本] 你们这一代人，体会上主的话吧！难道我对以色列像一个荒野，或像一个黑暗的地方？为什么我的人民说：我们获得了自由，我们不再来找你？
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[GNT] People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Have I been like a desert to you, like a dark and dangerous land? Why, then, do you say that you will do as you please, that you will never come back to me?
[BBE] O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
[KJV] O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
[NKJV] "O generation, see the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are lords; We will come no more to You'?
[KJ21] O generation, see ye the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? A land of darkness? Why say My people, `We are lords; we will come no more unto Thee'?
[NASB] You generation, look to the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You'?
[NRSV] And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, "We are free, we will come to you no more"?
[WEB] Generation, consider Yahweh's word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness?Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more'?
[ESV] And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?
[NIV] "You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'?
[NIrV] "You who are now living, consider my message. I am saying, "Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been like a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to wander. We won't come to you anymore'?
[HCSB] [Evil] generation, pay attention to the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people claim: We will go where we want; we will no longer come to You?
[CSB] [Evil] generation, pay attention to the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people claim: We will go where we want; we will no longer come to You?
[AMP] O generation [that you are]! Behold, consider, and regard the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food]? A land of deep darkness [like a way without light]? Why do My people say, We have broken loose [we are free and will roam at large]; we will come no more to You?
[NLT] "O my people, listen to the words of the LORD! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, 'At last we are free from God! We don't need him anymore!'
[YLT] O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'