Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, for I am with you,” says the Lord.“ I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

我的仆人雅各啊，不要惧怕！因我与你同在。我要将我所赶你到的那些国灭绝净尽，却不将你灭绝净尽，倒要从宽惩治你，万不能不罚你。这是耶和华说的。”

我的仆人雅各啊，不要惧怕！因我与你同在。我要将那些国灭绝净尽，就是我赶你去的那些国；却不将你灭绝净尽，倒要从宽惩治你，但绝不能不罚你。这是耶和华说的。

我的仆人雅各啊，不要惧怕！因我与你同在。我要将那些国灭绝净尽，就是我赶你去的那些国；却不将你灭绝净尽，倒要从宽惩治你，但绝不能不罚你。这是耶和华说的。

我的仆人雅各啊，不要害怕，因为我与你同在。我曾使你流亡到列国，我必彻底毁灭列国，但不会彻底毁灭你，也不会饶过你，我必公正地惩治你。这是耶和华说的。”

我的仆人雅各啊！你不要惧怕。因为我与你同在；我要消灭我赶逐你去的列国。却必不消灭你。我要按公正惩治你，决不能免你受罚。”这是耶和华的宣告。

我的僕人雅各啊，不要懼怕！因我與你同在。我要將我所趕你到的那些國滅絕淨盡，卻不將你滅絕淨盡，倒要從寬懲治你，萬不能不罰你。這是耶和華說的。

我的僕人雅各啊，不要懼怕！因我與你同在。我要將那些國滅絕淨盡，就是我趕你去的那些國；卻不將你滅絕淨盡，倒要從寬懲治你，但絕不能不罰你。這是耶和華說的。

我的僕人雅各啊，不要懼怕！因我與你同在。我要將那些國滅絕淨盡，就是我趕你去的那些國；卻不將你滅絕淨盡，倒要從寬懲治你，但絕不能不罰你。這是耶和華說的。

我的僕人雅各啊，不要害怕，因為我與你同在。我曾使你流亡到列國，我必徹底毀滅列國，但不會徹底毀滅你，也不會饒過你，我必公正地懲治你。這是耶和華說的。」

我的僕人雅各啊！你不要懼怕。因為我與你同在；我要消滅我趕逐你去的列國。卻必不消滅你。我要按公正懲治你，決不能免你受罰。”這是耶和華的宣告。

我的僕人雅各啊，你、不要懼怕！永恆主發神諭說：因為是我與你同在，因為我必將我所放逐你到的列國盡行毁滅；你呢、我卻不盡行毁滅；我要合乎常度地懲罰你，卻不能讓你免受刑罰。』

耶和華曰、我僕雅各歟、毋畏懼、蓋我偕爾、我必盡滅我驅爾所至之邦、而不盡滅爾、惟從寬責爾、不能不罰爾焉、

耶和華又曰、我僕雅各家毋畏、予左右爾、我昔散爾於列邦、列邦雖滅、而爾不滅、乃我降災、責爾獨寛。

主曰、我僕雅各歟、毋畏懼、我護祐爾、我逐爾於列邦、雖盡滅此邦、而不盡滅爾、雖不以爾為無罪、我仍責爾惟寛、

Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant, for I am with you,” declares the Lord.“ Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

People of Jacob, do not be afraid. You are my servant. I am with you,” announces the Lord.“ I will completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you. But I will be fair. I will not let you go without any punishment.”

Fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid— this is the LORD’s declaration— for I will be with you. I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have banished you, but I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you with justice, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord,“ For I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you; But I will correct you properly And by no means leave you unpunished.”

Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,“ For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”

Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid— this is the Lord’s declaration— for I will be with you. I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have banished you, but I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you with justice, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I[ am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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.”

Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh;“ for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

This is what the Lord says:“ The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.

So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.

For I am with you and will save you,” says the Lord.“ I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”

When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

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.For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.

“ Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us!”

They will fight you, but they will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude

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

“ I, the Sovereign Lord, am watching this sinful nation of Israel. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,” says the Lord.“ For I will give the command and will shake Israel along with the other nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, yet not one true kernel will be lost.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude

Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

“ This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them.Fields will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say,‘ It has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.’Yes, fields will once again be bought and sold— deeds signed and sealed and witnessed— in the land of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the hill country, in the foothills of Judah and in the Negev, too. For someday I will restore prosperity to them. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

“ Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines, leaving a scattered few alive. Strip the branches from the vines, for these people do not belong to the Lord.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

This is my command— be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

They will fight against you like an attacking army, but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze. They will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and rescue you. I, the Lord, have spoken!

The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

“ Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the Lord.

Has the Lord struck Israel as he struck her enemies? Has he punished her as he punished them?

I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.

I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.”

“ Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘ The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky.I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”

The Lord did this to purge Israel’s wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

“ Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means‘ God is with us.’”

No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.

I have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy.

Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.”

For since their rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world, their acceptance will be even more wonderful. It will be life for those who were dead!And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy— just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree— some of the people of Israel— have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree.

But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death.