The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

有居民的城邑必变为荒场，地也必变为荒废；你们就知道我是耶和华。”

有人居住的城镇必变为废墟，地必荒凉；你们就知道我是耶和华。”

有人居住的城镇必变为废墟，地必荒凉；你们就知道我是耶和华。”

他们居住的城邑必沦为废墟，土地必一片荒凉，他们就知道我是耶和华。’”

有人居住的城市必成为荒场，这地必然荒凉，你们就知道我是耶和华。’”

有居民的城邑必變為荒場，地也必變為荒廢；你們就知道我是耶和華。」

有人居住的城鎮必變為廢墟，地必荒涼；你們就知道我是耶和華。」

有人居住的城鎮必變為廢墟，地必荒涼；你們就知道我是耶和華。」

他們居住的城邑必淪為廢墟，土地必一片荒涼，他們就知道我是耶和華。』」

有人居住的城市必成為荒場，這地必然荒涼，你們就知道我是耶和華。’”

有居民的城市必變為荒廢，這地必成為荒涼；你們就知道我乃是永恆主。』

居民之邑必邱墟、斯土必荒蕪、爾則知我乃耶和華、○

邑將傾圮、地將荒蕪、使知我乃耶和華。

今有民居之邑將傾圮、地將荒蕪、爾則知我乃主、○

The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

The towns where people live will be completely destroyed. The land will become a dry and empty desert. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become dreadful. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

The inhabited cities will be in ruins, and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”’”

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I[ am] the LORD.

The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver, will become patches of briers and thorns.The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife.

A lion stalks from its den, a destroyer of nations. It has left its lair and is headed your way. It’s going to devastate your land! Your towns will lie in ruins, with no one living in them anymore.

The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.

The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!

The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down.

And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

“ O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.

For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.

“ And this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.

I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook.I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness. The towns lay in ruins, crushed by the Lord’s fierce anger.This is what the Lord says:“ The whole land will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely.The earth will mourn and the heavens will be draped in black because of my decree against my people. I have made up my mind and will not change it.”At the noise of charioteers and archers, the people flee in terror. They hide in the bushes and run for the mountains. All the towns have been abandoned— not a person remains!

I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”

“ But the bad figs,” the Lord said,“ represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”

“ Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard, trampling down the vines and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

Then say to them,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.

Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.

For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.