所以主指责他的百姓说(或作“所以主指前约的缺欠说”)：“日子将到，我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约，

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

神人向他发怒，说：“应当击打五六次，就能攻打亚兰人，直到灭尽。现在只能打败亚兰人三次。”

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.