# You who belong to this generation! Pay attention to my word, the word of Yahweh

"You who live today, pay attention to what I, Yahweh, say to you"

# Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of deep darkness?

"You act as though I have been like a wilderness or a land of deep darkness to you"

# Why would my people say, 'Let us wander around, we will not go to you anymore'?

"You my people say 'We can go where we want to go and not worship Yahweh anymore.'"

# wander

move around or go to different places usually without any particular purpose or direction