We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
Lamentations 3:31 - Catholic Public Domain Version CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the Lord will not Cast off for ever: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord will not cast off forever! [Ps. 94:14.] American Standard Version (1901) For the Lord will not cast off for ever. Common English Bible My Lord definitely won’t reject forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. English Standard Version 2016 For the Lord will not cast off forever, |
We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
And I will afflict the offspring of David over this, but truly not for all days.' "
So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.
You will judge this by comparing one measure to another, when he has been cast out. He has decided this, by his stern spirit, for the day of heat.
For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.
Thus says the Lord: "If the heavens above are able to be measured, and if the foundations of the earth beneath can be examined, I also will cast aside all the offspring of Israel, because of all that they have done, says the Lord.
And I will form an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not cease to do good for them. And I will put my fear into their heart, so that they do not withdraw from me.
"Have you not seen what this people has spoken? They say: 'The two families which the Lord had chosen have been rejected.' And so they have despised my people, as if they were no longer a nation in their sight.
What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.
Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more.
And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.