I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.

我用慈绳爱索牵引他们；我待他们如人放松牛的两腮夹板，把粮食放在他们面前。

我用慈绳爱索牵引他们；我待他们如人松开牛两腮旁边的轭，弯下身来喂养他们。

我用慈绳爱索牵引他们；我待他们如人松开牛两腮旁边的轭，弯下身来喂养他们。

我用慈绳爱索牵引他们，解开他们所负的重轭，弯腰喂养他们。

我用慈绳爱索（“慈绳爱索”原文意思不易肯定，或作“人的绳子、爱的绳索”或“皮制的绳索”）牵引他们，我待他们像人拉高牛的轭在两颚之上，又向他们俯身，喂养他们。

我用慈繩愛索牽引他們；我待他們如人放鬆牛的兩腮夾板，把糧食放在他們面前。

我用慈繩愛索牽引他們；我待他們如人鬆開牛兩腮旁邊的軛，彎下身來餵養他們。

我用慈繩愛索牽引他們；我待他們如人鬆開牛兩腮旁邊的軛，彎下身來餵養他們。

我用慈繩愛索牽引他們，解開他們所負的重軛，彎腰餵養他們。

我用慈繩愛索（“慈繩愛索”原文意思不易肯定，或作“人的繩子、愛的繩索”或“皮製的繩索”）牽引他們，我待他們像人拉高牛的軛在兩顎之上，又向他們俯身，餵養他們。

我用人情之繩子牽着他們，用愛之繩索引領他們；我待他們就像人抱起嬰兒到胸前；屈身就着他們、去餵養他們。

我以仁愛之繩、慈惠之索引之、弛軛在其頰、置糧於其前、

我以仁愛為繩、繫爾導爾、弛爾重軛、益爾糈糧、

我以仁慈仁慈原文作人之繩、以惠愛之索、繫之引之、我為之弛軛於項、我為之弛軛於項或作我待之如鬆軛於項者並賜之糈糧、

I led them with kindness and love. I was to them like a person who lifts a little child to their cheek. I bent down and fed them.

I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love. I lifted the yoke from his neck, and I myself stooped to feed him.

I led them with human cords, with ropes of love. To them I was like one who eases the yoke from their jaws; I bent down to give them food.

I pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and fed them.

I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love, And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them.

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.

I led them with human cords, with ropes of love. To them I was like one who eases the yoke from their jaws; I bent down to give them food.

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Moses said,“ This is what the Lord has commanded:‘ Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

Jesus said to them,“ Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”“ Sir,” they said,“ always give us this bread.”Then Jesus declared,“ I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said,“ I am the bread that came down from heaven.”They said,“ Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘ I came down from heaven’?”“ Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.“ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.It is written in the Prophets:‘ They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.I am the bread of life.Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves,“ How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”Jesus said to them,“ Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.

Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.

Take me away with you— let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!

This is what the Lord says:“ The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.”The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:“ I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.