For I am with you,' declaresthe LORD,'to saveyou; For I will destroycompletelyallthe nationswhereI have scatteredyou, OnlyI will not destroyyou completely.But I will chastenyou justlyAnd will by nomeansleaveyou unpunished.'
"Goand speakto David,'Thusthe LORDsays,"I am offeringyou threethings;choosefor yourself oneof them, which I will doto you."'"
O LORD,do not rebukeme in Your anger,Norchastenme in Your wrath.
who keepslovingkindnessfor thousands,who forgivesiniquity,transgressionand sin;yet He will by nomeansleave[the guilty] unpunished,visitingthe iniquityof fatherson the childrenand on the grandchildrento the thirdand fourthgenerations."
"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
"Devisea plan,but it will be thwarted;Statea proposal,but it will not stand,For Godis with us."
"They will fightagainstyou, but they will not overcomeyou, for I am with you to deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
"Do not be afraidof them, For I am with you to deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
Correctme, O LORD,but with justice;Not with Your anger,orYou will bringme to nothing.
"Then I will makeyou to thispeopleA fortifiedwallof bronze;And though they fightagainstyou, They will not prevailover you; For I am with you to saveyou And deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
For thussaysthe LORD,"The wholelandshall be a desolation,Yet I will not executea completedestruction.
"Goup through her vinerowsand destroy,But do not executea completedestruction;Stripawayher branches,For they are not the LORD'S.
"Yet evenin thosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will not makeyou a completedestruction.
The LORD'Slovingkindnessesindeednevercease,For His compassionsneverfail.
Now it cameabout as I prophesied,that Pelatiahsonof Benaiahdied.Then I fellon my faceand criedout with a loudvoiceand said,"Alas,LordGOD!Will You bringthe remnantof Israelto a completeend?"
"However, I will leavea remnant,for you will havethose whoescapedthe swordamong the nationswhen you are scatteredamong the countries.
I will not executeMy fierceanger;I will not destroyEphraimagain.For I am Godand not man,the HolyOnein your midst,And I will not comein wrath.
Yet in spiteof this,when they are in the landof their enemies,I will not rejectthem, norwill I so abhorthem as to destroythem, breakingMy covenantwith them; for I am the LORDtheir God.
"BEHOLD,THE VIRGINSHALL BE WITH CHILDAND SHALL BEARA SON,AND THEY SHALL CALLHIS NAMEIMMANUEL,"whichtranslatedmeans,"GODWITH US."
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
for I amwith you, and no manwill attackyou in order to harmyou, for I have manypeoplein thiscity."
"For the LORDyour Godis a compassionateGod;He will not failyou nordestroyyou norforgetthe covenantwith your fatherswhichHe sworeto them.
The Lordbe with your spirit.Gracebe with you.
