I said,‘ Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’

你们要为自己栽种公义，就能收割慈爱。现今正是寻求耶和华的时候；你们要开垦荒地，等他临到，使公义如雨降在你们身上。

你们要为自己栽种公义，收割慈爱。你们要开垦荒地，现今正是寻求耶和华的时候；等他临到，公义必如雨降给你们。

你们要为自己栽种公义，收割慈爱。你们要开垦荒地，现今正是寻求耶和华的时候；等他临到，公义必如雨降给你们。

你们要为自己种植公义，就能收获慈爱。现在是寻求耶和华的时候，你们要犁开刚硬的心田，等祂来使公义如雨浇灌你们。

你们要为自己撒种公义，就能收割慈爱的果子，你们要翻松荒地。现在是寻求耶和华的时候，直等到他来，降下公义的雨在你们身上。

你們要為自己栽種公義，就能收割慈愛。現今正是尋求耶和華的時候；你們要開墾荒地，等他臨到，使公義如雨降在你們身上。

你們要為自己栽種公義，收割慈愛。你們要開墾荒地，現今正是尋求耶和華的時候；等他臨到，公義必如雨降給你們。

你們要為自己栽種公義，收割慈愛。你們要開墾荒地，現今正是尋求耶和華的時候；等他臨到，公義必如雨降給你們。

你們要為自己種植公義，就能收穫慈愛。現在是尋求耶和華的時候，你們要犁開剛硬的心田，等祂來使公義如雨澆灌你們。

你們要為自己撒種公義，就能收割慈愛的果子，你們要翻鬆荒地。現在是尋求耶和華的時候，直等到他來，降下公義的雨在你們身上。

你們要為自己播種義氣，要收割忠愛之果子，要耙鬆你們的休耕地；因為現在正是尋永恆主的時候，等他臨到，下義氣之雨在你們身上。

爾當以義播之、依仁穫之、尋求耶和華之時已屆、爾其開墾土壤、迨其臨蒞、雨爾以義、

宜種仁義、則獲恩寵、開墾土壤、斯時當求耶和華、望彼誨爾以仁義、

宜種公義、則穫仁慈、今值求主之時、爾開墾土壤、待主來臨、為爾降恩雨、

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

Your hearts are as hard as a field that has not been plowed. If you change your ways, you will produce good crops. So plant the seeds of doing what is right. Then you will harvest the fruit of your faithful love. It is time to seek the Lord. When you do, he will come and shower his blessings on you.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unplowed ground. It is time to seek the LORD until he comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.

Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness; Harvest in accordance with kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, For it is time to seek the Lord Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unplowed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for[ it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:“ Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”

Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last.

“ Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them.

And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.

In those days when you pray, I will listen.If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.I will be found by you,” says the Lord.“ I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”

Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another— or maybe both.

For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.

“ Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

Gather together— yes, gather together, you shameless nation.Gather before judgment begins, before your time to repent is blown away like chaff. Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins.Seek the Lord, all who are humble, and follow his commands. Seek to do what is right and to live humbly. Perhaps even yet the Lord will protect you— protect you from his anger on that day of destruction.

Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.

So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.

Now this is what the Lord says to the family of Israel:“ Come back to me and live!

“ They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.

I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.

In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants— men and women alike— and they will prophesy.

Come back to the Lord and live! Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel won’t be able to quench the flames.

It is the Lord who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into morning and day into night. He draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The Lord is his name!

Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.

May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.

I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing.

Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.

What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.

the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

“ In those coming days,” says the Lord,“ the people of Israel will return home together with the people of Judah. They will come weeping and seeking the Lord their God.

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.