“ You are about to be destroyed, O Israel— yes, by me, your only helper.

“以色列啊，你与我反对，就是反对帮助你的，自取败坏。

以色列啊，你自取灭亡了，因为我才是你的帮助。

以色列啊，你自取灭亡了，因为我才是你的帮助。

“以色列啊，你要灭亡了，因为你抵挡我，抵挡你的帮助者。

“以色列啊，我要毁灭你，谁能帮助你呢（本节在《马索拉文本》的意思不明确；现参照《七十士译本》和其他古译本翻译）？

以色列啊，你與我反對，就是反對幫助你的，自取敗壞。

以色列啊，你自取滅亡了，因為我才是你的幫助。

以色列啊，你自取滅亡了，因為我才是你的幫助。

「以色列啊，你要滅亡了，因為你抵擋我，抵擋你的幫助者。

“以色列啊，我要毀滅你，誰能幫助你呢（本節在《馬索拉抄本》的意思不明確；現參照《七十士譯本》和其他古譯本翻譯）？

以色列啊，我要毁滅你；誰能幫助你呢？

以色列歟、爾之敗亡、乃因敵我、即助爾者、

以色列族乎、爾自取戾、惟望可得救、

以色列乎、爾背叛我、背叛救爾之主、即自取敗壞、

“ You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

“ Israel, you will be destroyed. I helped you. But you turned against me.

He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper.

I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but me.

It is to your own destruction, Israel, That you are against Me, against your help.

“ O Israel, you are destroyed, But your help is from Me.

It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.

I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but Me.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me[ is] thine help.

I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

And you have brought this upon yourselves by rebelling against the Lord your God, even though he was leading you on the way!

Your wickedness will bring its own punishment. Your turning from me will shame you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him. I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

“ There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor.

“ Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart!”

“ I have been the Lord your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.

But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.

How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”

But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.

“ Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.

I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield.

This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.They had followed the practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the Lord’s anger.Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah:“ Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees— the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the Lord their God.They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.They rejected all the commands of the Lord their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.But— When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love,he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior.Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.

But those who miss me injure themselves. All who hate me love death.”