For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.

因为主必不永远丢弃人。

主必不永远撇弃，

主必不永远撇弃，

因为主不会永远撇弃人。

主必不会永远丢弃人。

因為主必不永遠丟棄人。

主必不永遠撇棄，

主必不永遠撇棄，

因為主不會永遠撇棄人。

主必不會永遠丟棄人。

因為永恆主必不永遠屏絕人。

蓋主之遺棄、不至永久兮、

主棄人、不終棄兮。

主雖棄人、究不永棄、

For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.

The Lord doesn’t turn his back on people forever.

For the Lord will not cast off forever,

For the Lord will not reject us forever.

For the Lord will not reject forever,

For the Lord will not cast off forever.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

For the Lord will not reject us forever.

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

For the Lord will not reject us forever.

For the Lord will not cast off forever.

“ For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.“ Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?

The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.

I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said,“ Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”And do you remember God’s reply? He said,“ No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace— his undeserved kindness in choosing them.And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is— free and undeserved.

For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made.

This is what the Lord says:“ Just as the heavens cannot be measured and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored, so I will not consider casting them away for the evil they have done. I, the Lord, have spoken!

“ Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘ The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.

The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.

The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilt of the remnant, overlooking the sins of his special people? You will not stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing unfailing love.