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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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以色列人的腐败

¹我有祸了！我好像夏日收割后的果子，
又如收成之后剩余的葡萄，
没有一挂可吃的，
也没有我心所渴想初熟的无花果。
²地上的虔诚人灭尽了，
人世间已无正直的人；
他们都埋伏，为要流人的血，
用罗网猎取自己的弟兄。
³他们双手善于作恶，
君王和审判官都索取贿赂；
位高的人吐出心中的欲望，
彼此勾结⚓。
⁴他们当中最好的，不过像蒺藜；
最正直的，不过如荆棘篱笆。

你守候的日子，惩罚已经来到，
他们必扰乱不安。
⁵不可倚赖邻舍，
不可信靠密友；
甚至对躺在你怀中的妻子
也要守住你的口。
⁶因为儿子藐视父亲，
女儿抵挡母亲，
媳妇抗拒婆婆，
人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。
⁷至于我，我要仰望耶和华，
等候那救我的上帝；
我的上帝必应允我。

耶和华拯救他的子民

⁸我的仇敌啊，不要向我夸耀。
我虽跌倒，仍要起来；
虽坐在黑暗里，耶和华却作我的光。
⁹我要承受耶和华的恼怒，
直到他为我辩护，为我伸冤，
因我得罪了他；
他要领我进入光明，
我必得见他的公义。
¹⁰那时我的仇敌看见这事就羞愧，
他曾对我说：“耶和华－你的上帝在哪里？”
我必亲眼见他遭报，
现在，他必被践踏，如同街上的泥土。

¹¹你的城墙重修的日子到了！
到那日，边界必扩展。
¹²到那日，人必从亚述，
从埃及的城镇，
从埃及到大河，
从这海到那海，
从这山到那山，
都归到你这里。
¹³然而，因居民的缘故，
为了他们行事的结果。
这地必然荒凉。

耶和华怜悯以色列

¹⁴求你在迦密⚓的树林中，
以你的杖牧放你独居的民，
你产业中的羊群；
愿他们像古时一样，
牧放在巴珊和基列。

¹⁵我要显奇事给他们看，
好像出埃及地的时候一样。
¹⁶列国看见，虽大有势力仍觉惭愧；
他们必用手捂口，掩耳不听。
¹⁷他们要舔土如蛇，
又如地上爬行的动物，
战战兢兢离开他们的营寨；
他们必畏惧耶和华─我们的上帝，
也必因你而害怕。

¹⁸有哪一个神明像你，赦免罪孽，
饶恕他产业中余民的罪过？
他不永远怀怒，喜爱施恩。
¹⁹他⚓必转回怜悯我们，
把我们的罪孽踏在脚下。
你必将他们⚓一切的罪投于深海。
²⁰你必按古时向我们列祖起誓的话，
以信实待雅各，
向亚伯拉罕施慈爱。