1 Or “stubborn” (); cf. “obstinate.”
2 Heb “Woe [to] rebellious children.”
3 Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”
4 Heb “and pouring out a libation, but not [from] my spirit.” This translation assumes that the verb נָסַךְ (nasakh) means “pour out,” and that the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה (massekhah) means “libation.” In this case “pouring out a libation” alludes to a ceremony that formally ratifies an alliance. Another option is to understand the verb נָסַךְ as a homonym meaning “weave,” and the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה as a homonym meaning “covering.” In this case forming an alliance is likened to weaving a garment.
5 Heb “consequently adding sin to sin.”

In other versions

“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord,

“who carry out a plan, but not mine,

and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,

that they may add sin to sin;

“Woe to the obstinate children,”

declares the Lord,

“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,

forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit,

heaping sin upon sin;

Woe to the rebellious children!

This is the Lord’s declaration.

They carry out a plan, but not mine;

they make an alliance,

but against my will,

piling sin on top of sin.

“What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”

says the Lord.

“You make plans that are contrary to mine.

You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,

thus piling up your sins.

“Oh rebellious children!” declares Yahweh,

“to make a plan, but not from me,

and pour out a libation, but not from my Spirit,

so as to add sin to sin.

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord,

That take counsel, but not of me;

And that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit,

That they may add sin to sin:

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