The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim for a long time. It was there for a full 20 years. Then all the Israelites turned back to the Lord.

约柜在基列耶琳许久。过了二十年，以色列全家都倾向耶和华。

从约柜留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，经过了许多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭归向耶和华。

从约柜留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，经过了许多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭归向耶和华。

约柜在基列·耶琳停留了二十年。那时，全体以色列人都痛悔地寻求耶和华。

约柜停留在基列．耶琳很久，有二十年之久，以色列全家都痛悔寻求耶和华。

从约柜停留在基列-耶琳那日起，许多年日过去了，有二十年之久；那期间，以色列全家都渴慕耶和华。

約櫃在基列‧耶琳許久。過了二十年，以色列全家都傾向耶和華。

從約櫃留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，經過了許多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭歸向耶和華。

從約櫃留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，經過了許多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭歸向耶和華。

約櫃在基列·耶琳停留了二十年。那時，全體以色列人都痛悔地尋求耶和華。

約櫃停留在基列．耶琳很久，有二十年之久，以色列全家都痛悔尋求耶和華。

那櫃自從停在基列耶琳的日子以後，經過許多年日，有二十年，以色列全家都悲傷哀慟地仰望着永恆主。

從約櫃停留在基列-耶琳那日起，許多年日過去了，有二十年之久；那期間，以色列全家都渴慕耶和華。

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The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time— twenty years in all. Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.

From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

The Ark remained in Kiriath jearim for a long time— twenty years in all. During that time all Israel mourned because it seemed the Lord had abandoned them.

Time went by until twenty years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel longed for the LORD.

From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel mourned after the Lord.

So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath- jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

Time went by until 20 years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel began to seek the Lord.

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

It was quite a long time– some twenty years in all– that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the LORD.

From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

Blessed are those who are sad. They will be comforted.

Admit that you are guilty of doing what is wrong. You have refused to obey me. I am the Lord your God. You have committed adultery with other gods. You worshiped them under every green tree. And you have not obeyed me,’ ” announces the Lord.

The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud.

Their eyes will be filled with tears as they come. They will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water. I will lead them on a level path where they will not trip or fall. I am Israel’s father. And Ephraim is my oldest son.

“ You have not been faithful,” says the Lord.“ Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore.”“ Yes,” the people say.“ We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.The gods we worship on the hills and mountains are useless. You are the Lord our God. You are the only one who can save us.From our earliest years shameful gods have harmed us. They have eaten up everything our people of long ago worked for. They have eaten up our flocks and herds. They’ve destroyed our sons and daughters.Let us lie down in our shame. Let our dishonor cover us. You are the Lord our God. But we have sinned against you. We and our people of long ago have sinned. We haven’t obeyed you from our earliest years until now.”

“ I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son.At that time there will be a lot of weeping in Jerusalem. It will be as great as the weeping of the people at Hadad Rimmon. Hadad Rimmon is in the valley of Megiddo. They were weeping over Josiah’s death.

Godly sadness causes us to turn away from our sins and be saved. And we are certainly not sorry about that! But worldly sadness brings death.Look at what that godly sadness has produced in you. You are working hard to clear yourselves. You are angry and alarmed. You are longing to see me. You are concerned. You are ready to make sure that the right thing is done. In every way you have proved that you are not guilty in that matter.