All the sinners among my people will be killed by swords. They say,‘ Nothing bad will ever happen to us.’

我民中的一切罪人说：‘灾祸必追不上我们，也迎不着我们。’他们必死在刀下。”

我子民中所有的罪人，就是那些说‘灾祸必不靠近，必不追上我们’的，都必死在刀下。”

我子民中所有的罪人，就是那些说‘灾祸必不靠近，必不追上我们’的，都必死在刀下。”

在我的子民中，所有夸口说‘灾祸不会追上我们，也不会迎面而来’的罪人，都要死在刀下。

我民中所有犯罪的人，就是那些说：‘灾祸必不临近、追上我们’的人，他们必死在刀下。

我民中的一切罪人說：災禍必追不上我們，也迎不着我們。他們必死在刀下。

我子民中所有的罪人，就是那些說『災禍必不靠近，必不追上我們』的，都必死在刀下。」

我子民中所有的罪人，就是那些說『災禍必不靠近，必不追上我們』的，都必死在刀下。」

在我的子民中，所有誇口說『災禍不會追上我們，也不會迎面而來』的罪人，都要死在刀下。

我民中所有犯罪的人，就是那些說：‘災禍必不臨近、追上我們’的人，他們必死在刀下。

我人民中所有犯罪的人——就是那些說：「災禍必不能觸害着我們，不能碰着我們」的——這種人必死於刀劍之下。

我民中之罪人、自謂禍不及我、不臨於我、必死於刃、○

閭閻之惡人、自謂禍不及己者、俱必亡於鋒刃、

我民中之罪人、自謂禍不及我、不臨我身、俱必亡於刃、

All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say,‘ Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say,‘ Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

But all the sinners will die by the sword— all those who say,‘ Nothing bad will happen to us.’

All the sinners among my people who say,“ Disaster will never overtake or confront us,” will die by the sword.

All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say,‘ The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, Who say,‘ The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

All the sinners among My people who say:“ Disaster will never overtake or confront us,” will die by the sword.

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

All the sinners among my people will die by the sword– the ones who say,‘ Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’

All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say,‘ Evil won’t overtake nor meet us.’

You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.

The sinners in Zion are terrified. They tremble with fear. They say,‘ Who of us can live through the Lord’ s destroying fire? Who of us can live through the fire that burns forever?’

The ax is ready to cut the roots of the trees. All the trees that don’t produce good fruit will be cut down. They will be thrown into the fire.“ I baptize you with water, calling you to turn away from your sins. But after me, someone is coming who is more powerful than I am. I’m not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.His pitchfork is in his hand to clear the straw from his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the storeroom. But he will burn up the husks with fire that can’t be put out.”

This is how it will be on judgment day. The angels will come. They will separate the people who did what is wrong from those who did what is right.They will throw the evil people into the blazing furnace. There the evil ones will weep and grind their teeth.

Sinful people say to themselves,“ God will never notice. He covers his face. He never sees us.”

How terrible it will be for you men who are so contented on Mount Zion! How terrible for you who feel secure on the hill of Samaria! You are famous men from the greatest nation. The people of Israel come to you for help and advice.

“ I will search for the lost. I will bring back those who have wandered away. I will bandage the ones who are hurt. I will make the weak ones stronger. But I will destroy those who are fat and strong. I will take good care of my sheep. I will treat them fairly.”The Lord and King says,“ You are my flock. I will judge between one sheep and another. I will judge between rams and goats.

“ You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

I will get rid of those among you who turn against me. They refuse to obey me. I will bring them out of the land where they are living. But they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

But now we call proud people blessed. Things go well with those who do what is evil. And God doesn’t even punish those who test him.’ ”

“ Come!” they shout.“ Let’s get some wine! Let’s drink all the beer we can! Tomorrow we’ll do the same thing. And that will be even better than today.”

They said,“ Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

How terrible for those who say,“ Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”

Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn’t carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes.

The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin. They will also get rid of all who do evil.They will throw them into the blazing furnace. There people will weep and grind their teeth.

Jerusalem, you have done many wrong things to me. But at that time you will not be put to shame anymore. That’s because I will remove from this city those who think so highly of themselves. You will never be proud again on my holy mountain of Zion.But inside your city I will leave those who are not proud at all. Those who are still left alive will trust in the Lord.They will not do anything wrong. They will not tell any lies. They will not say anything to fool other people. They will eat and lie down in peace. And no one will make them afraid.”

Listen to the Lord’ s message, you who make fun of the truth. Listen, you who rule over these people in Jerusalem.You brag,“ We have entered into a covenant with the place of the dead. We have made an agreement with the grave. When a terrible plague comes to punish us, it can’t touch us. That’s because we depend on lies to keep us safe. We hide behind what isn’t true.”

Here is what will happen in the whole land,” announces the Lord.“ Two- thirds of the people will be struck down and die. But one- third will be left.I will put this third in the fire. I will make them as pure as silver. I will test them like gold. They will call out to me. And I will answer them. I will say,‘ They are my people.’ And they will say,‘ The Lord is our God.’ ”

But who can live through the day when he comes? Who will be left standing when he appears? He will be like a fire that makes things pure. He will be like soap that makes things clean.He will act like one who makes silver pure. And he will purify the Levites, just as gold and silver are purified with fire. Then these men will bring proper offerings to the Lord.And the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to him. It will be as it was in days and years gone by.“ So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.