“ Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”

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我的僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列啊，現在你當聽！

我僕雅各、我所選之以色列歟、今其聽之、

雅各家以色列族、我所選之臣僕、今聽我言。

我僕雅各、我所選之以色列、爾今當聽、

“ But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

“ Family of Jacob, listen to me. You are my servant. People of Israel, I have chosen you.

“ But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!

“ But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

“ And now listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen.

“ But now listen, Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen:

“ Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant, And Israel whom I have chosen.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:

“ And now listen, Jacob My servant, Israel whom I have chosen.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

So I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servants. Do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from a faraway land where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.

“ You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

“ You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“ Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!“ Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“ Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the sovereign LORD has sent me, accompanied by his spirit.This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“ I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future?