Then the Lord will answer,“ My people always wander away from me. But I will put an end to that. My anger has turned away from them. Now I will love them freely.

“我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们；因为我的怒气向他们转消。

我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们，因为我向他们所发的怒气已转消。

我必医治他们背道的病，甘心爱他们，因为我向他们所发的怒气已转消。

耶和华说：“我要医治他们的叛道，心甘情愿地爱他们，因为我的怒气已经转离他们。

“我必医治他们背道的病，甘心乐意爱他们，因为我的怒气已经远离他们了。

我必醫治他們背道的病，甘心愛他們；因為我的怒氣向他們轉消。

我必醫治他們背道的病，甘心愛他們，因為我向他們所發的怒氣已轉消。

我必醫治他們背道的病，甘心愛他們，因為我向他們所發的怒氣已轉消。

耶和華說：「我要醫治他們的叛道，心甘情願地愛他們，因為我的怒氣已經轉離他們。

“我必醫治他們背道的病，甘心樂意愛他們，因為我的怒氣已經遠離他們了。

我必醫治他們的背道；我必甘心樂意地愛他們，因為我的怒氣已向他們轉消。

我將醫其悖逆、厚加眷愛、蓋我怒已轉離之、

主曰斯民也、雖背逆余、心猶愛之、必息我怒、而醫其疾、

主曰、我必醫其背叛之惡、厚加眷愛、厚加眷愛或作切心眷愛之我向彼已息我怒、

“ I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

The Lord says,“ Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for my anger will have turned from him.

I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, Because My anger has turned away from them.

“ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger will have turned from him.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

“ I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.

“ I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

In days to come, the people of Israel will sing,“ Lord, we will praise you. You were angry with us. But now your anger has turned away from us. And you have brought us comfort.

But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy.So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you.God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus.He has done it to show the riches of his grace for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done.God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.

“ 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 people say,“ Come. Let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces. But he will heal us. He has wounded us. But he’ll bandage our wounds.

The Lord your God is with you. He is the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you. In his love he will no longer punish you. Instead, he will sing for joy because of you.”

I have seen what they have done. But I will heal them. I will guide them. I will give those who mourn in Israel the comfort they had before.

Lord, our sins are a witness against us. But do something for the honor of your name. We have often turned away from you. We’ve sinned against you.

“ Phinehas is a priest. He is the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron. Phinehas has turned my anger away from the Israelites. I am committed to making sure I am honored among them. And he is as committed as I am. So even though I was angry with them, I did not put an end to them.

“ But now I will bring health and healing to Jerusalem. I will heal my people. I will let them enjoy great peace and security.

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. Even if they call me the Most High God, I will certainly not honor them.”

He said,“ I am the Lord your God. Listen carefully to me. Do what is right in my eyes. Pay attention to my commands. Obey all my rules. If you do, I will not send on you any of the sicknesses I sent on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

The free gift of God’s grace makes us right with him. Christ Jesus paid the price to set us free.

God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began.

So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.

God was bringing the world back to himself through Christ. He did not hold people’s sins against them. God has trusted us with the message that people may be brought back to him.So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!Christ didn’t have any sin. But God made him become sin for us. So we can be made right with God because of what Christ has done for us.

Jesus heard this. So he said,“ Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do.Go and learn what this means,‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’( Hosea 6:6) I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

The Lord said to Moses,“ Take all the leaders of these people. Kill them. Put their dead bodies out in the open. I want to see you do it in the middle of the day. Then I will not be angry with Israel.”

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.The Lord chose you because he loved you. He wanted to keep the promise he had made to your people of long ago. That’s why he used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt. He bought you back from the land where you were slaves. He set you free from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

But the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared.

But he was full of tender love. He forgave their sins and didn’t destroy his people. Time after time he held back his anger. He didn’t let all his burning anger blaze out.

Lord, heal me. Then I will be healed. Save me from my enemies. Then I will be saved. You are the one I praise.

All those things bring praise to his glorious grace. God freely gave us his grace because of the One he loves.

Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?