“ I will not only give you back what you had before. I will also do the same thing for Sodom and her daughters. And I will do the same for Samaria and her daughters.

“我必叫她们被掳的归回，就是叫所多玛和她的众女，撒玛利亚和她的众女，并你们中间被掳的，都要归回，

“我必使她们被掳的归回，使所多玛和她的女儿们、撒玛利亚和她的女儿们，并与你一起被掳的都归回；

“我必使她们被掳的归回，使所多玛和她的女儿们、撒玛利亚和她的女儿们，并与你一起被掳的都归回；

“‘然而，我要使所多玛、撒玛利亚及她们的女儿们复兴，并使你一同复兴，

“‘我要使所多玛和她的女儿们，撒玛利亚和她的女儿们从苦境中转回，我也要使你们跟她们一起转回，

「我必叫她們被擄的歸回，就是叫所多瑪和她的眾女，撒馬利亞和她的眾女，並你們中間被擄的，都要歸回，

「我必使她們被擄的歸回，使所多瑪和她的女兒們、撒瑪利亞和她的女兒們，並與你一起被擄的都歸回；

「我必使她們被擄的歸回，使所多瑪和她的女兒們、撒瑪利亞和她的女兒們，並與你一起被擄的都歸回；

「『然而，我要使所多瑪、撒瑪利亞及她們的女兒們復興，並使你一同復興，

“‘我要使所多瑪和她的女兒們，撒瑪利亞和她的女兒們從苦境中轉回，我也要使你們跟她們一起轉回，

『我必恢復她們的故業，所多瑪和她女兒們的故業，撒瑪利亞和她女兒們的故業；我必恢復她們中間你的故業，

我必返所多瑪與其眾女之俘囚、及撒瑪利亞與其眾女之俘囚、亦返其中爾之俘囚、

越在後日、所多馬與撒馬利亞、及其眾女、我將返其俘囚、當時亦必返爾俘囚、

日後我將返其俘囚、即所多瑪及其眾女之俘囚、撒瑪利亞及其眾女之俘囚、亦使爾之俘囚旋返其中、或作日後我將使之復振興即使所多瑪及其眾女復振興使撒瑪利亞及其眾女復振興亦使爾復振興於其中

“‘ However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,

“ I will restore their fortunes, both the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in their midst,

“ But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.

“‘ I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and those of Samaria and her daughters. I will also restore your fortunes among them,

“ Nevertheless, I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them your own fortunes,

“ When I bring back their captives, the captives of Sodom and her daughters, and the captives of Samaria and her daughters, then I will also bring back the captives of your captivity among them,

And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

“ I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and those of Samaria and her daughters. I will also restore your fortunes among them,

When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then[ will I bring again] the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

“‘ I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters( along with your fortunes among them),

“‘“ I will reverse their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives among them;

The Lord and King says,“ I will now cause the people of Jacob to recover from my judgment. I will show my tender love for all the people of Israel. I will make sure that my name is kept holy.

At that time Egypt, Assyria and Israel will be a blessing to the whole earth.The Lord who rules over all will bless those three nations. He will say,“ Let the Egyptians be blessed. They are my people. Let the Assyrians be blessed. My hands created them. And let the Israelites be blessed. They are my very own people.”

I will bring them back from where they were taken as prisoners. I will return them to Upper Egypt. That is where their families came from. There they will be an unimportant kingdom.

“ At that time I will bless Judah and Jerusalem with great success again.

Lord, you were good to your land. You blessed the people of Jacob with great success again.

Our enemies took us away from Zion. But when the Lord brought us home, it seemed like a dream to us.

But I will remember my covenant with you. I made it with you when you were young. Now I will make a new covenant with you. It will last forever.Then you will remember how you have lived. You will be ashamed when I give you Samaria and Sodom. Samaria is your older sister. Sodom is your younger one. I will give them and their daughters to you as daughters. That can’t happen based on my old covenant with you.

May that man be like the towns the Lord destroyed without pity. May that man hear loud weeping in the morning. May he hear a battle cry at noon.

Suppose those nations learn to follow the practices of my people. And they make their promises in my name. When they promise, they say,‘ You can be sure that the Lord is alive.’ They do this just as they once taught my people to make promises in Baal’s name. Then I will give them a place among my people.

“ But in days to come I will bless Moab with great success again,” announces the Lord. This ends the report about how the Lord would judge Moab.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him successful again. He gave him twice as much as he had before.

“ But in days to come I will bless Elam with great success again,” announces the Lord.

“ But after that, I will bless the people of Ammon with great success again,” announces the Lord.

If the people of Israel do not continue in their unbelief, they will again be joined to the tree. God is able to join them to the tree again.After all, weren’t you cut from a wild olive tree? Weren’t you joined to an olive tree that was taken care of? And wasn’t that the opposite of how things should be done? How much more easily will the natural branches be joined to their own olive tree!Brothers and sisters, here is a mystery I want you to understand. It will keep you from being proud. Part of Israel has refused to obey God. That will continue until the full number of Gentiles has entered God’s kingdom.In this way all Israel will be saved. It is written,“ The God who saves will come from Mount Zion. He will remove sin from Jacob’s family.Here is my covenant with them. I will take away their sins.”( Isaiah 59:20, 21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33, 34)As far as the good news is concerned, the people of Israel are enemies. This is for your good. But as far as God’s choice is concerned, the people of Israel are loved. This is because of God’s promises to the founders of our nation.God does not take back his gifts. He does not change his mind about those he has chosen.At one time you did not obey God. But now you have received mercy because Israel did not obey.In the same way, Israel has not been obeying God. But now they receive mercy because of God’s mercy to you.

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,“ I will bring them back from the place where they were taken. Here is what the people in Judah and its towns will say once again.‘ May the Lord bless you, you successful city. Sacred mountain, may he bless you.’

How I pray that the God who saves Israel will come out of Zion! Then the Lord will bless his people with great success again. So let the people of Jacob be filled with joy! Let Israel be glad!

The Lord who rules over all has let some people live through that time of trouble. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.