I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn,

我看见他所行的道，也要医治他；又要引导他，使他和那一同伤心的人再得安慰。

我看见他的行为，要医治他，引导他，使他和与他一同哀伤的人都得安慰。

我看见他的行为，要医治他，引导他，使他和与他一同哀伤的人都得安慰。

我看见了他们的所作所为，但我还是要医治他们，引领他们，使他们和那些哀伤的人得安慰，

他的道路，我看见了，我却要医治他，引导他，把安慰赏赐他和他的哀悼者。

我已看见他的道路，但我还是要治愈他、引导他，使他和那些为他悲哀的人重得安慰，

我看見他所行的道，也要醫治他；又要引導他，使他和那一同傷心的人再得安慰。

我看見他的行為，要醫治他，引導他，使他和與他一同哀傷的人都得安慰。

我看見他的行為，要醫治他，引導他，使他和與他一同哀傷的人都得安慰。

我看見了他們的所作所為，但我還是要醫治他們，引領他們，使他們和那些哀傷的人得安慰，

他的道路，我看見了，我卻要醫治他，引導他，把安慰賞賜他和他的哀悼者。

他所行的路我看見了；但我要醫治他，引導他，將安慰賞報他，為哀悼他的人

我已看見他的道路，但我還是要治癒他、引導他，使他和那些為他悲哀的人重得安慰，

彼之行徑、我見之矣、我必醫之、引導之、慰藉之、並慰藉其中之憂人、

我見其所為、我將醫之、導之以行、慰藉其心、以解厥憂。

今我見其道我將醫之、導之以行、加以慰藉、慰藉其憂傷之人、

I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,

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.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,

I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

“ Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem’s wounds and give it prosperity and true peace.

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 be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon.My people will again live under my shade. They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines. They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon.“ O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”

And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be led away into exile.

For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Long ago the Lord said to Israel:“ I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

“ My wayward children,” says the Lord,“ come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”“ Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply,“ for you are the Lord our God.

They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the Lord in his mercy will lead them; he will lead them beside cool waters.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

I have heard Israel saying,‘ You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the Lord my God.I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.’“ Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” says the Lord.“ I often have to punish him, but I still love him. That’s why I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults.“ I— yes, I alone— will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.

There is hope only for the living. As they say,“ It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!”

“ Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

In that day you will sing:“ I will praise you, O Lord! You were angry with me, but not anymore. Now you comfort me.

“ So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

“ Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new, things you never heard of before. For I know so well what traitors you are. You have been rebels from birth.Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, and I will not share my glory with idols!

“ Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her.Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.”This is what the Lord says:“ I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and held on her lap.I will comfort you there in Jerusalem as a mother comforts her child.”

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this:“ I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

“ Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.I will show how holy my great name is— the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign Lord, then the nations will know that I am the Lord.For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.“ Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.“ And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land.I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.But remember, says the Sovereign Lord, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt.The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed.And when I bring you back, people will say,‘ This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say.“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Jerusalem’s streets at the time of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I am the Lord.”

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord.You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.

He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.

The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter— like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.