以色列国民

For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

32：28 因为以色列人是毫无谋算的国民，心里没有聪明。

And Jehovah responded to the entreaty for the land, and the plague was stayed in Israel.

如此，耶和华应允国民为那地所恳求的，灾疫在以色列人中就止住了。

For Israelis, whose country Mr Ahmadinejad says he wants to wipe off the map, it is not all that reassuring to hear that Iran can "probably" be deterred.

艾哈迈迪内贾德认为以色列应该从世界地图上抹去，所以对于以色列国民来说，仅仅听到伊朗的&很可能&会被中止显然是不能全然安心的。

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

1：4 ？？，犯罪的国民，担着罪孽的百姓，行恶的种类，败坏的儿女。他们离弃耶和华，藐视以色列的圣者，与他生疏，往后退步。

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

嗐！犯罪的国民，担着罪孽的百姓，行恶的种类，败坏的儿女。他们离弃耶和华，藐视以色列的圣者，与他生疏，往后退步。

So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

如此，耶和华垂听国民所求的，瘟疫在以色列人中就止住了。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。