Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me,‘ Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,’ to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

这百姓岂是我怀的胎，岂是我生下来的呢？你竟对我说：‘把他们抱在怀里，如养育之父抱吃奶的孩子，直抱到你起誓应许给他们祖宗的地去。’

这众百姓岂是我怀的胎，岂是我生下来的呢？你竟对我说：‘把他们抱在怀里，如养育之父抱着吃奶的婴孩，一直抱到你起誓应许给他们祖宗的土地去。’

这众百姓岂是我怀的胎，岂是我生下来的呢？你竟对我说：‘把他们抱在怀里，如养育之父抱着吃奶的婴孩，一直抱到你起誓应许给他们祖宗的土地去。’

难道他们是我的骨肉，是我生的吗？为什么你要我像父亲呵护儿子一样，把他们抱到你应许给他们祖先的地方呢？

这人民岂是我怀的胎，岂是我生的吗？你竟对我说：‘把他们抱在怀里，像养育之父抱吃奶的孩子，直抱到你起誓应许给他们列祖的地方去。’

這百姓豈是我懷的胎，豈是我生下來的呢？你竟對我說：『把他們抱在懷裏，如養育之父抱吃奶的孩子，直抱到你起誓應許給他們祖宗的地去。』

這眾百姓豈是我懷的胎，豈是我生下來的呢？你竟對我說：『把他們抱在懷裏，如養育之父抱着吃奶的嬰孩，一直抱到你起誓應許給他們祖宗的土地去。』

這眾百姓豈是我懷的胎，豈是我生下來的呢？你竟對我說：『把他們抱在懷裏，如養育之父抱着吃奶的嬰孩，一直抱到你起誓應許給他們祖宗的土地去。』

難道他們是我的骨肉，是我生的嗎？為什麼你要我像父親呵護兒子一樣，把他們抱到你應許給他們祖先的地方呢？

這人民豈是我懷的胎，豈是我生的嗎？你竟對我說：‘把他們抱在懷裡，像養育之父抱吃奶的孩子，直抱到你起誓應許給他們列祖的地方去。’

我何曾將這眾民懷胎過？何曾生下他們來呢？而你竟對我說：「把他們抱在懷裏，像養育之父抱喫奶的孩子，直抱到你起誓應許他們祖宗的土地」啊？

斯民豈我所孕、豈我所育、爾乃謂我、汝其抱之於懷、猶父之懷乳子、攜至誓許其祖之地、

我豈生育斯民哉、奚可使我提抱、猶父之懷赤子、攜至爾所許其祖之地乎。

主使我懷抱此眾民、如父母之懷抱嬰孩、攜至主所誓賜其祖之地、我豈妊之乎、我豈產之乎、

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?

Am I like a mother to them? Are they my children? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms? Do I have to carry them the way a nurse carries a baby? Do I have to carry them to the land you promised? You promised the land to their people of long ago.

Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me,‘ Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers?

Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?

Was it I who conceived all this people? Or did I give birth to them, that You should say to me,‘ Carry them in your arms, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me,‘ Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?

Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing- father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so You should tell me,‘ Carry them at your breast, as a nursing woman carries a baby,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me,‘ Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?

Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me,‘ Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’

Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.

When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ceremony in this month.

He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.

Joseph said to his brothers,“ I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nurse nurtures her own children.

stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

“ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.

My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.

and said,“ By myself I have sworn,” this is the LORD’s declaration:“ Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.