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义人死亡，无人放在心上；虔诚人被收去，无人思念。这义人被收去是免了将来的祸患；
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他们得享（原文是进入）平安。素行正直的，各人在坟里（原文是床上）安歇。
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你们向谁戏笑？向谁张口吐舌呢？你们岂不是悖逆的儿女，虚谎的种类呢？
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你们在橡树中间，在各青翠树下欲火攻心；在山谷间，在石穴下杀了儿女；
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在谷中光滑石头里有你的分。这些就是你所得的分；你也向他浇了奠祭，献了供物，因这事我岂能容忍麽？
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你在门後，在门框後，立起你的纪念；向外人赤露，又上去扩张床榻，与他们立约；你在那里看见他们的床就甚喜爱。
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你把油带到王那里，又多加香料，打发使者往远方去，自卑自贱直到阴间，
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你因路远疲倦，却不说这是枉然；你以为有复兴之力，所以不觉疲惫。
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你怕谁？因谁恐惧？竟说谎，不记念我，又不将这事放在心上。我不是许久闭口不言，你仍不怕我麽？
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你哀求的时候，让你所聚集的拯救你罢！风要把他们刮散，一口气要把他们都吹去。但那投靠我的必得地土，必承受我的圣山为业。
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耶和华要说：你们修筑修筑，预备道路，将绊脚石从我百姓的路中除掉。
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因为那至高至上、永远长存（原文是住在永远）、名为圣者的如此说：我住在至高至圣的所在，也与心灵痛悔谦卑的人同居；要使谦卑人的灵苏醒，也使痛悔人的心苏醒。
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我必不永远相争，也不长久发怒，恐怕我所造的人与灵性都必发昏。
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因他贪婪的罪孽，我就发怒击打他；我向他掩面发怒，他却仍然随心背道。
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我看见他所行的道，也要医治他；又要引导他，使他和那一同伤心的人再得安慰。
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我造就嘴唇的果子；愿平安康泰归与远处的人，也归与近处的人；并且我要医治他。这是耶和华说的。
Mercy
In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward people in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to the Lord, all the time. Without Him we would be unable to choose what is good; without Him we would be unable to formulate a reasonable thought. Without Him, in fact, we would instantly cease to exist; we have life only because He constantly gives us life. So we are, quite literally, at His mercy. Fortunately, the Lord is caring and compassionate to a degree we cannot fathom. He is the source of all caring and all compassion, and of love itself. His mercy toward us never lessens, never abates, never ends; His whole purpose is to bring each of us, individually, to heaven. The meaning of "mercy" in the Bible is closely tied to this idea: it represents love in a general sense, and the desire for good that comes from love. It can also represent the desire for good and the ideas that describe it when those thoughts and desires are inspired by love of the Lord.
