“有谁对神说：‘我受了责罚，不再犯罪。

“有谁对上帝说：‘我受了责罚，必不再犯罪；

“有谁对神说：‘我受了责罚，必不再犯罪；

“有谁对上帝说，‘我受了管教，不会再犯罪；

有人对神说：‘我忍受了管教，不再有败坏的行为了，

有誰對神說：我受了責罰，不再犯罪；

「有誰對上帝說：『我受了責罰，必不再犯罪；

「有誰對神說：『我受了責罰，必不再犯罪；

「有誰對上帝說，『我受了管教，不會再犯罪；

有人對神說：‘我忍受了管教，不再有敗壞的行為了，

『有誰對上帝說過：「我擔受了責罰，我不再有敗壞的行為了。

有誰謂上帝曰、我既受責、不再犯罪、

爾宜告上帝曰、我既受爾譴責、必不再蹈前愆、

爾當告天主曰、我既受責、不敢再犯、

“ Suppose someone says to God,‘ I am guilty but will offend no more.

“ Someone might say to God,‘ I’m guilty of sinning, but I won’t do it anymore.

“ For has anyone said to God,‘ I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

“ Why don’t people say to God,‘ I have sinned, but I will sin no more’?

Suppose someone says to God,“ I have endured my punishment; I will no longer act wickedly.

“ For has anyone said to God,‘ I have endured punishment; I will not offend anymore;

“ For has anyone said to God,‘ I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;

For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Suppose someone says to God,“ I have endured my punishment; I will no longer act wickedly.

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne[ chastisement], I will not offend[ any more]:

“ Has anyone said to God,‘ I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.

“ For has any said to God,‘ I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

And they will go to others and say,‘ I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved. (niv)

Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord’s wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. (niv)

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” (niv)

Then Job answered the Lord:“ I am unworthy— how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.” (niv)

In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.Our kings, our leaders, our priests and our ancestors did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.“ But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.“ In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.” (niv)

“ Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame— the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you.We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.“ Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him. (niv)

“ What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this.Shall we then break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable practices? Would you not be angry enough with us to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor? (niv)

“ I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:‘ You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’ (niv)

which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies— then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, (niv)