Your children will be given to another nation. Day after day you will watch for them to come back. But you will only wear out your eyes. You won’t be able to help your children.

你的儿女必归与别国的民；你的眼目终日切望，甚至失明，你手中无力拯救。

你的儿女被交给别国的民；你的眼目终日切望，甚至失明，你的手却无能为力。

你的儿女被交给别国的民；你的眼目终日切望，甚至失明，你的手却无能为力。

自己的儿女被外族人掳走，你们终日望眼欲穿，却无能为力。

你的儿女必被交给别国的民，你必亲眼看见，日日为他们焦虑；你必无能为力。

你的兒女必歸與別國的民；你的眼目終日切望，甚至失明，你手中無力拯救。

你的兒女被交給別國的民；你的眼目終日切望，甚至失明，你的手卻無能為力。

你的兒女被交給別國的民；你的眼目終日切望，甚至失明，你的手卻無能為力。

自己的兒女被外族人擄走，你們終日望眼欲穿，卻無能為力。

你的兒女必被交給別國的民，你必親眼看見，日日為他們焦慮；你必無能為力。

你的兒女給了別族之民，你親眼看着；終日渴望他們、以至失明；你手也沒有能力作甚麼。

子女付於異族、爾將終日瞻望、至於目盲、無力拯之、

爾子女擄於異邦、使爾終日瞻望、至於目盲、欲拯無力。

爾子女被擄於異邦、原文作爾子女必付諸異邦民使爾終日盼望、至於目盲、無力拯救、

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.

You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won’t be able to help them.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them constantly; but there will be nothing you can do.

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand.

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

Thy sons and thy daughters[ shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail[ with longing] for them all the day long: and[ there shall be] no might in thine hand.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.

You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. You wanted to send them far away from their own country.

That’s why our fathers have been killed by swords. That’s why our sons and daughters and wives have become prisoners.

My eyes grow tired looking for what you have promised. I say,“ When will you comfort me?”

My eyes grow tired as I look to you to save me. Please save me as you have promised.

Some of them were saying,“ There are now many of us. We have many sons and daughters. We have to get some grain so we can eat and stay alive.”Others were saying,“ We’re being forced to sell our fields, vineyards and homes. We have to do it to buy grain. There isn’t enough food for everyone.”Still others were saying,“ We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.We belong to the same family lines as the rest of our people. Our children are as good as theirs. But we’ve had to sell them off as slaves. Some of our daughters have already been made slaves. But we can’t do anything about it. That’s because our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”

Suppose someone tells lies about their friends to get a reward. Then their own children will suffer for it.

But sinful people won’t find what they are looking for. They won’t be able to escape. All they can hope for is to die.”

I’ve cried so much I can’t see very well. I’m suffering deep down inside. My heart is broken because my people are destroyed. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.

I’m worn out from calling for help. My throat is very dry. My eyes grow tired looking for my God.

People of Zion, groan with pain. Cry out like a woman having a baby. Soon you must leave your city. You must camp in the open fields. You will have to go to the land of Babylon. But that’s where the Lord will save you. There he will set you free from the power of your enemies.

So I will send you away as prisoners beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. His name is God Who Rules Over All.

Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.

I will stand at the city gates of the land. I will separate the straw from the grain. I will destroy my people. I will bring great sorrow on them. They have not changed their ways.I will increase the number of their widows. There will be more of them than the grains of sand on the seashore. At noon I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of the young men among my people. All at once I will bring down on them great suffering and terror.Mothers who have many children will grow weak. They will take their last breath. The sun will set on them while it is still day. They will be dishonored and put to shame. All those who are left alive I will kill by swords. I will have their enemies do this,” announces the Lord.

“ Son of man, I will take away their beautiful temple. It is their joy and glory. They take delight in it. Their hearts long for it. I will also take away their sons and daughters.

I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

Moab, how terrible it is for you! People of Chemosh, you are destroyed! Chemosh has deserted his sons and daughters. His sons have run away from the battle. His daughters have become prisoners. He has handed all of them over to Sihon, the king of the Amorites.

So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can’t see very clearly.

“ Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not have any sons or daughters in this land.”Here is the Lord’ s message about the children born in this place. He says about them and their parents,“ Some of them will die of deadly sicknesses. No one will mourn for them. Their bodies will not be buried. Instead, they will be like human waste lying there on the ground. Others will die because of war and hunger. Their bodies will not be buried. Instead, they will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”

And that’s not all. Our eyes grew tired. We looked for help that never came. We watched from our towers. We kept looking for a nation that couldn’t save us.

Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.