Time went by until twenty years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel longed for the LORD.

约柜在基列耶琳许久。过了二十年，以色列全家都倾向耶和华。

从约柜留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，经过了许多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭归向耶和华。

从约柜留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，经过了许多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭归向耶和华。

约柜在基列·耶琳停留了二十年。那时，全体以色列人都痛悔地寻求耶和华。

约柜停留在基列．耶琳很久，有二十年之久，以色列全家都痛悔寻求耶和华。

从约柜停留在基列-耶琳那日起，许多年日过去了，有二十年之久；那期间，以色列全家都渴慕耶和华。

約櫃在基列‧耶琳許久。過了二十年，以色列全家都傾向耶和華。

從約櫃留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，經過了許多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭歸向耶和華。

從約櫃留在基列‧耶琳的那天起，經過了許多日子，有二十年；以色列全家都哀哭歸向耶和華。

約櫃在基列·耶琳停留了二十年。那時，全體以色列人都痛悔地尋求耶和華。

約櫃停留在基列．耶琳很久，有二十年之久，以色列全家都痛悔尋求耶和華。

那櫃自從停在基列耶琳的日子以後，經過許多年日，有二十年，以色列全家都悲傷哀慟地仰望着永恆主。

從約櫃停留在基列-耶琳那日起，許多年日過去了，有二十年之久；那期間，以色列全家都渴慕耶和華。

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匱在基列耶林。歷日已久、凡閱二十年、以色列眾慕耶和華、群集於彼。

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The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time— twenty years in all. Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.

The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim for a long time. It was there for a full 20 years. Then all the Israelites turned back to the Lord.

From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

The Ark remained in Kiriath jearim for a long time— twenty years in all. During that time all Israel mourned because it seemed the Lord had abandoned them.

From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel mourned after the Lord.

So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath- jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

Time went by until 20 years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel began to seek the Lord.

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

It was quite a long time– some twenty years in all– that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the LORD.

From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the LORD’s declaration.

When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness.“ Here we are, coming to you, for you are the LORD our God.Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our God.From the time of our youth the shameful one has consumed what our ancestors have worked for— their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors, from the time of our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God.”

“ Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.For consider how much diligence this very thing— this grieving as God wills— has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.