耶和华如此说,脱离刀剑的就是以色列人。我使他享安息的时候,他曾在旷野蒙恩。
Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
列国阿,要听耶和华的话,传扬在远处的海岛说,赶散以色列的必招聚他,又看守他,好像牧人看守羊群。
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
耶和华如此说,在拉玛听见号??痛哭的声音,是拉结哭她儿女,不肯受安慰,因为他们都不在了。
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
我听见以法莲为自己悲叹说,你责罚我,我便受责罚,像不惯负轭的牛犊一样。求你使我回转,我便回转,因为你是耶和华我的神。
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
背道的民(原文作女子)哪,你反来覆去要到几时呢。耶和华在地上造了一件新事,就是女子护卫男子。
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说,我使被掳之人归回的时候,他们在犹大地和其中的城邑必再这样说,公义的居所阿,圣山哪,愿耶和华赐福给你。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
疲乏的人,我使他饱饫。愁烦的人,我使他知足。
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
我先前怎样留意将他们拔出,拆毁,毁坏,倾覆,苦害,也必照样留意将他们建立,栽植。这是耶和华说的。
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
这些定例若能在我面前废掉,以色列的后裔也就在我面前断绝,永远不再成国。这是耶和华说的。
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
耶和华如此说,若能量度上天,寻察下地的根基,我就因以色列后裔一切所行的弃绝他们。这是耶和华说的。
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.