I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.

我虽教导他们，坚固他们的膀臂，他们竟图谋抗拒我。

我虽管教他们，坚固他们的膀臂，他们却图谋邪恶抗拒我。

我虽管教他们，坚固他们的膀臂，他们却图谋邪恶抗拒我。

我训练他们，使他们臂膀强壮，他们却阴谋作恶抗拒我。

我虽然锻炼他们的手臂，使它们有力，他们却图谋恶计攻击我。

我雖教導他們，堅固他們的膀臂，他們竟圖謀抗拒我。

我雖管教他們，堅固他們的膀臂，他們卻圖謀邪惡抗拒我。

我雖管教他們，堅固他們的膀臂，他們卻圖謀邪惡抗拒我。

我訓練他們，使他們臂膀強壯，他們卻陰謀作惡抗拒我。

我雖然鍛煉他們的手臂，使它們有力，他們卻圖謀惡計攻擊我。

雖是我教練了他們，加強他們的膀臂，他們竟只圖謀了壞事來跟我作對。

我雖練其臂而堅之、彼尚謀惡以抗我、

我無論責之助之、彼終叛余、

我雖督責之、扶助其手、彼終辜負我、

I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.

I brought them up and made them strong. But they make evil plans against me.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.

I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.

Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against Me.

Though I have bound[ and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice!

We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

“ The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.

So the Lord provided someone to rescue the Israelites from the tyranny of the Arameans. Then Israel lived in safety again as they had in former days.

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.

And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said,“ My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.

Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo hamath and the Dead Sea, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath hepher.For the Lord saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.And because the Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them.

“ But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying,‘ Why were the nations so angry? Why did they waste their time with futile plans?

So many enemies against one man— all of them trying to kill me. To them I’m just a broken down wall or a tottering fence.

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed by their sin.Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries.He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you.