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约珥书 2:13

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13 你们要撕裂心肠,不撕裂衣服。归向耶和华─你们的;因为他有恩典,有怜悯,不轻易发怒,有丰盛的慈爱,并且後悔不降所说的灾。

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西番雅书 3

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1 这悖逆、污秽、欺压的城有祸了!

2 他不听从命令,不领受训诲,不倚靠耶和华,不亲近他的

3 他中间的首领是咆哮的狮子;他的审判官是晚上的豺,一点食物也不留到早晨

4 他的先知是虚浮诡诈的人;他的祭司亵渎所,强解律法。

5 耶和华在他中间是公的,断不做非的事,每早晨显明他的公,无日不然;只是的人不知羞耻。

6 我─耶和华已经除灭列国的民;他们的城楼毁坏。我使他们的街道荒凉,以致无经过;他们的城邑毁灭,以致无,也无居民。

7 :你只要敬畏我,领受训诲;如此,你的住处不致照我所拟定的除灭。只是你们从起来就在一切事上败坏自己。

8 耶和华:你们要等候我,直到我兴起掳掠的日子;因为我已定意招聚列国,聚集列邦,将我的恼怒─就是我的烈怒都倾在他们身上。我的忿怒如,必烧灭全

9 那时,我必使万民用清洁的言语好求告我─耶和华的名,同心合意地事奉我。

10 祈祷我的,就是我所分散的民(原文是女子;下同),必从古实外来,给我献供物。

11 当那日,你必不因你一切得罪我的事自觉羞愧;因为那时我必从你中间除掉矜夸高傲之辈,你也不再於我的狂傲。

12 我却要在你中间留下困苦贫寒的民;他们必投靠我─耶和华的名。

13 以色列所剩下的人必不作罪孽,不谎言中也没有诡诈的舌头;而且吃喝躺卧,无人惊吓。

14 锡安的民哪,应当歌唱!以色列啊,应当欢呼!耶路撒冷的民哪,应当满欢喜快乐!

15 耶和华已经除去你的刑罚,赶出你的仇敌。以色列的王─耶和华在你中间;你必不再惧怕灾祸。

16 当那日,必有话向耶路撒冷:不要惧!锡安哪;不要软!

17 耶和华─你的是施行拯、大有能力的。他在你中间必因你欢欣喜乐,默然爱你,且因你喜乐而欢呼。

18 那些属你、为无大会愁烦、因你担当羞辱的,我必聚集他们。

19 那时,我必罚办一切苦待你的人,又拯你瘸腿的,聚集你被赶出的。那些在全羞辱的,我必使他们得称赞,有名声。

20 那时,我必领你们进,聚集你们;我使你们被掳之人归回的时候,就必使你们在上的万民中有名声,得称赞。这是耶和华的。

   

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Mercy

  
‘Brother Juniper and the Beggar,’ by Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Juniper, one of the original followers of St. Francis of Assissi, was renowned for his generosity. When told he could no longer give away his clothes, he instead simply told the needy, like the beggar in the painting, that he couldn’t give them his clothes, but wouldn’t stop them from taking them.

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.