(耶利米,章。我的神阿，我若不受你的击打，何其像畜类呢!如此不习惯枷锁，如此不愿顺从。我听见公义的辱骂，就甚忧愁;诗119:17我屡次悖逆、行了何等的恶、就满心羞愧。我蔑视你仁慈的约束，离开了那条愉快的路;你使我回转，我就回转;你是耶和华我的神。以法莲岂是我所不看的么。岂是我所看为可憎的么。“不，”主说，“尽管他有种种过错，我仍然记得他。 "Is he a dear and pleasant child? Yes, dear and pleasant still; Though sin his foolish heart beguiled, And he withstood my will. "My sharp rebuke has laid him low, He seeks my face again; My pity kindles at his woe, He shall not seek in vain."