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Sorrow for Israel’s Sins

¹Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who ⚓glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which⚓my soul desires.
²The ⚓faithful man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
⚓Every man hunts his brother with a net.
³That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a ⚓bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
⁴The best of them is⚓like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.
⁵⚓Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your ⚓bosom.
⁶For ⚓son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
⁷Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will ⚓wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁸⚓Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
⚓When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lordwill be a light to me.
⁹⚓I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my ⚓case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
¹⁰Then she who is my enemy will see,
And ⚓shame will cover her who said to me,
⚓“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
¹¹In the day when your ⚓walls are to be built,
In that day the decree shall go far and wide.
¹²In that day ⚓they shall come to you
From Assyria and the fortified cities,
From the fortress to the River,
From sea to sea,
And mountain to mountain.
¹³Yet the land shall be desolate
Because of those who dwell in it,
And ⚓for the fruit of their deeds.

God Will Forgive Israel

¹⁴Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
The flock of Your heritage,
Who dwell solitarily in a ⚓woodland,
In the midst of Carmel;
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
As in days of old.
¹⁵“As⚓ in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them ⚓wonders.”
¹⁶The nations ⚓shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
⚓They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
¹⁷They shall lick the ⚓dust like a serpent;
⚓They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth.
⚓They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
¹⁸⚓Who is a God like You,
⚓Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of ⚓the remnant of His heritage?
⚓He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in⚓mercy.
¹⁹He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
²⁰⚓You will give truth to Jacob
And mercy to Abraham,
⚓Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.

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Cov Yixalayees ua Tsis Ncaj

¹Kuv tas kev cia siab lawm lauj! Kuv zoo ib yam li tus neeg tshaib plab uas xawb tsis tau ib lub txiv nyob saum ntoo, thiab tsis muaj txiv hmab nyob ntawm tej hmab de los noj li. Txhua rev txiv hmab uas qab thiab thawj phaum txiv ncuavpias luag twb muab de tas lawm. ²Tsis tshuav ib tug neeg ncaj ncees nyob hauv lub tebchaws hlo li; tsis muaj ib tug neeg uas muab siab npuab Vajtswv. Txhua tus npaj rawv tos tua neeg. Txhua tus nyas nrhw yuav tua nws tej kwvtij zejzog. ³Lawv txhua tus puavleej nyiam ua phem. Cov nomtswv thiab cov txiav txim xav tau luag tej nyiaj xiab. Tus uas ua zoo neej xav tau ib yam dabtsi nws tsa ncauj hais xwb luag yeej tuaj sib txoos ua ke tuav tswvyim lawm ntag. ⁴Txawm yog tus uas ua zoo thiab ua ncaj tshaj plaws ntawm lawv cov ntawd los tseem zoo li tsob pos xwb.
Twb txog hnub uas Vajtswv yuav txiav txim rau cov neeg ntawd raws li uas nws tau hais kom cov cevlus uas yog cov neeg fajxwm ceebtoom rau lawv lawm. Nimno lawv ntxhov siab heev. ⁵Tsis txhob ntseeg koj tej kwvtij zejzog lossis tsis txhob cia siab rau koj tej phoojywg. Txawm yog tej lus uas koj hais rau koj tus pojniam los koj yuav tsum tau ceevfaj. ⁶Lub sijhawm no tej tub yuav thuam leej txiv hais tias ruam, tej ntxhais yuav tawmtsam leej niam, thiab tej nyab yuav nrog cov niampog sib cav sib ceg; koj cov yeebncuab yog koj tsevneeg ntag.
⁷Tiamsis kuv yuav ntsia ntsoov tus TSWV; kuv tos rawv Vajtswv, tus uas yuav los cawm kom kuv dim. Kuv tus Vajtswv yuav mloog kuv tej lus thov.

Tus TSWV Coj Kev Cawm Dim Los

⁸Peb tej yeebncuab tsis muaj lus yuav hnyos peb. Peb ntog lawm, tiamsis peb yuav sawv tau rov los dua. Tamsim no peb nyob hauv qhov chaw uas tsaus ntuj nti, tiamsis tus TSWV yuav ua lub teeb ci rau peb pom kev. ⁹Peb tau ua txhaum rau tus TSWV lawm, yog li ntawd peb yuav tau ua siab ntev tiv nws txojkev chim mus ib nyuag ntu. Tiamsis txog thaum kawg nws yuav tuaj peb tog thiab pab daws peb tej plaub ntug. Nws yuav coj peb tawm mus rau ntawm qhov kaj; peb yuav ntsia ntsoov nws cawm peb dim. ¹⁰Thaum ntawd peb cov yeebncuab yuav pom tej no, thiab lawv yuav poob ntsejmuag heev. Lawv yog cov yeebncuab uas hnyos peb hais tias, “Tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv nyob qhov twg?” Peb yuav ntsia ntsoov lawv swb, thiab peb yuav pom luag tsuj lawv ib yam li neeg tsuj av nkos tom tej kev.
¹¹Cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, twb txog lub sijhawm uas nej rov kho tus ntsayeej uas thaiv lub nroog lawm. Thaum ntawd nej lub nroog tej ciam yuav davfo mus ntxiv. ¹²Tej neeg uas khiav mus nyob txhua qhov lawm sawvdaws yuav tau rov los. Sab hnubtuaj, lawv yuav los pem tebchaws Axilias los; sab qabteb, lawv yuav los nram tebchaws Iziv los. Lawv yuav los ntawm tej tebchaws uas nyob ntawm ntug dej Efalates los, los tim tej hiavtxwv uas nyob deb, thiab saum tej roob uas nyob deb los. ¹³Tiamsis lub ntiajteb yuav ua suabpuam tas, rau qhov neeg ntiajteb ua phem ua qias.

Tus TSWV Hlub Cov Yixalayees

¹⁴Tus TSWV, koj cia li ua tus tswv yug yaj saib koj haivneeg; lawv yog haivneeg uas koj tau xaiv tseg lawm. Txawm yog lawv nyob ua twmzeej rau tom tej roob mojsab qhua los nyob puag ncig lawv tseem muaj tej tebchaws uas zoo qoobloo heev. Thov cia lawv mus noj tej zaub uas ntau heev hauv lub tebchaws Npasas thiab cheebtsam Nkile-as, ib yam li lawv tau noj puag thaum ub lawm.
¹⁵Tus TSWV, thov koj ua tej txujci tseemceeb rau peb pom ib yam li koj tau ua thaum koj coj peb khiav nram tebchaws Iziv los. ¹⁶Thaum txhua haivneeg pom tej no yuav ua rau lawv siab ntsws puas thiab zog ntaug tas. Lawv yuav pos qhov ncauj thiab ntsaws qhovntsej vim lawv ntshai heev. ¹⁷Lawv yuav nkag chaub laug hauv av ib yam li nab; lawv yuav ntshai tshee hnyo tawm hauv lawv tej chaw nkaum tuaj. Lawv yuav ntshai tshee hnyo tig rov qab los cuag tus TSWV uas yog peb tus Vajtswv.
¹⁸Tus TSWV, yeej tsis muaj ib tug vajtswv zoo npaum li koj, koj zam txim rau koj haivneeg uas seem rov los. Koj tsis chim mus ibtxhis, tiamsis koj txaus siab hlo hlub peb mus li. ¹⁹Koj yuav rov hlub peb dua ib zaug ntxiv. Koj yuav muab peb tej kev txhaum tsuj ntiag rau hauv koj qab xibtaws thiab muab tej kev txhaum ntawd mus pov rau puag hauv qab thu hiavtxwv. ²⁰Koj yuav ua ncaj thiab hlub koj haivneeg uas yog Anplahas thiab Yakhauj cov xeebntxwv raws li koj tau coglus rau peb cov yawgkoob puag thaum ub lawm.