We are like people you never ruled over. We are like those who don’t belong to you.

我们好像你未曾治理的人，又像未曾得称你名下的人。

我们就成了你未曾治理的人，成了未曾称为你名下的人。

我们就成了你未曾治理的人，成了未曾称为你名下的人。

我们如此沦落，好像从未被你治理过，从来不属于你。

我们成了好像你从未治理过的人，又像未曾得称为你名下的人。

我们像是自古以来没有被你管辖过的人，又像是没有被称为你名下的人。

我們好像你未曾治理的人，又像未曾得稱你名下的人。

我們就成了你未曾治理的人，成了未曾稱為你名下的人。

我們就成了你未曾治理的人，成了未曾稱為你名下的人。

我們如此淪落，好像從未被你治理過，從來不屬於你。

我們成了好像你從未治理過的人，又像未曾得稱為你名下的人。

我們竟成了你未曾統治過的人民，成了未曾稱為你名下的人呢！

我們像是自古以來沒有被你管轄過的人，又像是沒有被稱為你名下的人。

我儕似未為爾所治、似未以爾名而稱者、

爾非其民不治、爾以此視我儕久矣。

我儕似未經主治理、似未歸主之名、

We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called by your name.

We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.

Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.

We have become like those you never ruled, like those who did not bear your name.

We have become like those over whom You have never ruled, Like those who were not called by Your name.

We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never called by Your name.

We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

We have become like those You never ruled over, like those not called by Your name.

We are[ thine]: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them, they were not your subjects.

We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your name.

Pour out your great anger on the nations. They don’t pay any attention to you. They refuse to worship you. They have destroyed the people of Jacob. They’ve wiped them out completely. They’ve also destroyed the land they lived in.

Bring your great anger against the nations that don’t pay any attention to you. Bring it against the kingdoms that don’t worship you.

The Lord says,“ I made myself known to those who were not asking for me. I was found by those who were not trying to find me. I spoke to a nation that did not pray to me.‘ Here I am,’ I said.‘ Here I am.’

Then my people will take control of those who are left alive in Edom. They will also possess all the nations that belong to me,” announces the Lord. He will do all these things.

Then everyone else can look to the Lord. This includes all the Gentiles who belong to me, says the Lord. The Lord is the one who does these things.’( Amos 9:11, 12)

They are the people of Israel. They have been adopted as God’s children. God’s glory belongs to them. So do the covenants. They received the law. They were taught to worship in the temple. They were given the promises.

The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob to be his own. He has chosen Israel to be his special treasure.

Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

In the past, he let all nations go their own way.