Therefore, this is what the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says:“ There will be crying in all the public squares and mourning in every street. Call for the farmers to weep with you, and summon professional mourners to wail.

主耶和华万军之神如此说：“在一切宽阔处必有哀号的声音；在各街市上必有人说：‘哀哉！哀哉！’又必叫农夫来哭号，叫善唱哀歌的来举哀。

因此，主耶和华—万军之上帝如此说：“在一切的广场上必有哀号的声音；在各街市上必有人说：‘哀哉！哀哉！’他们叫农夫来哭号，叫善唱哀歌的来举哀；

因此，主耶和华—万军之神如此说：“在一切的广场上必有哀号的声音；在各街市上必有人说：‘哀哉！哀哉！’他们叫农夫来哭号，叫善唱哀歌的来举哀；

因此，主——万军之上帝耶和华说：“哀号之声要响遍各广场，哭喊之声将充满大街小巷。农夫被叫来哭泣，哭丧者被召来哀号。

因此，主耶和华万军的神这样说：“各广场充满哀恸的声音，街上只听见‘苦啊！苦啊！’的喊声；人要召农夫来哀哭，召善于哭丧的人来哀喊。

主耶和華－萬軍之神如此說：在一切寬闊處必有哀號的聲音；在各街市上必有人說：哀哉！哀哉！又必叫農夫來哭號，叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀。

因此，主耶和華－萬軍之上帝如此說：「在一切的廣場上必有哀號的聲音；在各街市上必有人說：『哀哉！哀哉！』他們叫農夫來哭號，叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀；

因此，主耶和華－萬軍之神如此說：「在一切的廣場上必有哀號的聲音；在各街市上必有人說：『哀哉！哀哉！』他們叫農夫來哭號，叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀；

因此，主——萬軍之上帝耶和華說：「哀號之聲要響遍各廣場，哭喊之聲將充滿大街小巷。農夫被叫來哭泣，哭喪者被召來哀號。

因此，主耶和華萬軍的神這樣說：“各廣場充滿哀慟的聲音，街上只聽見‘苦啊！苦啊！’的喊聲；人要召農夫來哀哭，召善於哭喪的人來哀喊。

主永恆主萬軍之上帝這麼說：『在各廣場上必都有號咷聲，在各街市上必有人說：「有禍了！有禍了！」他們必叫耕地的人來哀哭，叫專唱哀歌的來舉哀。

主耶和華、萬軍之上帝曰、在諸廣場、人皆號咷、在諸街衢、人曰哀哉、哀哉、召農夫哀悼、召善哭者號咷、

萬有之主耶和華上帝曰、在逵衢、人必椎心、在陋巷、人必哀呼、使農夫哭泣、使善作哀歌者椎心、

主萬有之天主如是云、在各逵衢、人必哀哭、在各街道、必有人呼哀哉哀哉、亦必招農夫來哭泣、亦必招農夫來哭泣或作農夫亦必招人來哭泣使善作哀歌者舉哀、

Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:“ There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.

The Lord God rules over all. The Lord says,“ People will weep in all the streets. They will be very sad in every market place. Even farmers will be told to cry loudly. People will mourn for the dead.

Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:“ In all the squares there shall be wailing, and in all the streets they shall say,‘ Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,

Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: There will be wailing in all the public squares; they will cry out in anguish in all the streets. The farmer will be called on to mourn, and professional mourners to wail.

Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says:“ There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say,‘ Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites.

Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:“ There shall be wailing in all streets, And they shall say in all the highways,‘ Alas! Alas!’ They shall call the farmer to mourning, And skillful lamenters to wailing.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: There will be wailing in all the public squares; they will cry out in anguish in all the streets. The farmer will be called on to mourn, and professional mourners to wail.

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing[ shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Because of Israel’s sins this is what the LORD, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says:“ In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:“ Wailing will be in all the wide ways; and they will say in all the streets,‘ Alas! Alas!’ and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field— are ruined.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women who mourn at funerals.Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair,‘ We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.’”Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.

I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.

The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will weep and cry out,“ How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens, decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls!

“ Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel,” says the Lord, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

I hear a cry, like that of a woman in labor, the groans of a woman giving birth to her first child. It is beautiful Jerusalem gasping for breath and crying out,“ Help! I’m being murdered!”

They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out,“ How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.”

A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer elim.

Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear.My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.

I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

In that day your enemies will make fun of you by singing this song of despair about you:“ We are finished, completely ruined! God has confiscated our land, taking it from us. He has given our fields to those who betrayed us.”

Therefore, I will mourn and lament. I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,“ How terrible, how terrible for that great city! The shipowners became wealthy by transporting her great wealth on the seas. In a single moment it is all gone.”

So I will send you into exile, to a land east of Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of Heaven’s Armies.

Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to him there.