“ For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.

我离弃你不过片时，却要施大恩将你收回。

我离弃你不过片时，却要大施怜悯将你寻回。

我离弃你不过片时，却要大施怜悯将你寻回。

我丢弃了你片刻，但我要怀着极大的怜悯接你回来。

我只是暂时离弃你，却以极大的怜悯把你招聚回来。

“我只是短暂地离弃了你，但我要以极大的怜悯招聚你；

我離棄你不過片時，卻要施大恩將你收回。

我離棄你不過片時，卻要大施憐憫將你尋回。

我離棄你不過片時，卻要大施憐憫將你尋回。

我丟棄了你片刻，但我要懷著極大的憐憫接你回來。

我只是暫時離棄你，卻以極大的憐憫把你招聚回來。

我離棄你不過短時間，我卻要以大慈憐將你收回。

「我只是短暫地離棄了你，但我要以極大的憐憫招聚你；

我之棄爾、祇片時耳、必以鴻慈集爾、

我棄爾不過俄頃、必加厚恩、納爾以歸、

我棄爾、不過俄頃、必賜大恩納爾以歸、

“ For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

“ For a brief moment I left you. But because I love you so much, I will bring you back.

For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

“ I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with abundant compassion.

“ For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will gather you.

“ For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

“ I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with great compassion.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

“ For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

“ For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.

Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord’s anger has passed.

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

“ Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.

“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

For the Sovereign Lord, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.”

“ In that coming day,” says the Lord,“ I will gather together those who are lame, those who have been exiles, and those whom I have filled with grief.

“ Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west.I will say to the north and south,‘ Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.

For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

“ I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.

then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live,” says the Lord,“ they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.

“ Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you. For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace.

Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ— everything in heaven and on earth.

Yet the time will come when the Lord will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them— from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west.

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!