At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.

你们先前虽然像天上的星那样多，却因不听从耶和华你神的话，所剩的人数就稀少了。

你们虽然曾像天上的星那样多，却因不听从耶和华—你上帝的话，所剩的人丁就稀少了。

你们虽然曾像天上的星那样多，却因不听从耶和华—你神的话，所剩的人丁就稀少了。

如果你们不听从你们的上帝耶和华的话，即使你们的人数多如天上的星，也将所剩无几。

你们以前虽然像天上的星那么多，现在剩下的人数却寥寥可数，因为你不听从耶和华你的神的话。

你們先前雖然像天上的星那樣多，卻因不聽從耶和華－你神的話，所剩的人數就稀少了。

你們雖然曾像天上的星那樣多，卻因不聽從耶和華－你上帝的話，所剩的人丁就稀少了。

你們雖然曾像天上的星那樣多，卻因不聽從耶和華－你神的話，所剩的人丁就稀少了。

如果你們不聽從你們的上帝耶和華的話，即使你們的人數多如天上的星，也將所剩無幾。

你們以前雖然像天上的星那麼多，現在剩下的人數卻寥寥可數，因為你不聽從耶和華你的神的話。

你們先前雖像天上的星那麼多，現在剩下的、人數稀少了，因為你不聽永恆主你的上帝的聲音。

昔爾人數、如天星之多、因不聽爾上帝耶和華命、致所遺無幾、

昔爾人數、如天星之眾多、以不從爾上帝耶和華命、故致大滅。

爾曹初如天星之眾多、以爾不聽從主爾天主之命、故所遺者無幾、

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the Lord your God.

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the LORD your God.

Then you will be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the LORD your God.

You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude, because you didn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

You gave them as many children as there are stars in the sky. You told their parents to enter the land. You told them to take it over. And you brought their children into it.

The Lord will drive you out of your land. He will scatter you among the nations. Only a few of you will remain alive there.

Jerusalem was large. It had a lot of room. But only a few people lived there. The houses hadn’t been rebuilt yet.

All of them said to Jeremiah the prophet,“ Please listen to our appeal. Pray to the Lord your God. Pray for all of us who are left here. Once there were many of us. But as you can see, only a few of us are left now.

Nebuchadnezzar took all the people of Jerusalem to the land of Babylon as prisoners. That included all the officers and fighting men. It also included all the skilled workers. The total number of prisoners was 10,000. Only the poorest people were left in the land.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel. He says,“ The number of people from Israel may be like the sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be saved.The Lord will carry out his sentence. He will be quick to carry it out on earth, once and for all.”( Isaiah 10:22, 23)Earlier Isaiah had said,“ The Lord who rules over all left us children and grandchildren. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.”( Isaiah 1:9)

“ If the Lord had not cut the time short, no one would live. But because of God’s chosen people, he has shortened it.

The army of Jehoahaz had almost nothing left. All it had was 50 horsemen, 10 chariots and 10,000 soldiers on foot. The king of Aram had destroyed the rest of them. He had made them like dust at threshing time.

So the Lord will send a curse on the earth. Its people will pay for what they’ve done. They will be burned up. Very few of them will be left.

I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.

Here is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon as prisoners. In the seventh year of his rule, he took 3,023 Jews.In his 18th year, he took 832 people from Jerusalem.In Nebuchadnezzar’s 23rd year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard, took 745 Jews to Babylon. The total number of people taken to Babylon was 4,600.

The Lord who rules over all has let some people live through that time of trouble. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.