“ The hearts of many people will be troubled. That is because I will destroy you among the nations. You had never known anything about those lands before.

“我使你败亡的风声传到你所不认识的各国。那时，我必使多民的心因你愁烦。

“我使你在列国，在你所不认识的列邦中灭亡。那时，我必使许多民族的心因你愁烦。

“我使你在列国，在你所不认识的列邦中灭亡。那时，我必使许多民族的心因你愁烦。

“‘我把你灭亡的消息带到你不认识的列邦时，必使许多人惶恐不安。

我使你在列国中灭亡的消息，传到你所不认识的列邦的时候，我必使万族的心感到不安。

「我使你敗亡的風聲傳到你所不認識的各國。那時，我必使多民的心因你愁煩。

「我使你在列國，在你所不認識的列邦中滅亡。那時，我必使許多民族的心因你愁煩。

「我使你在列國，在你所不認識的列邦中滅亡。那時，我必使許多民族的心因你愁煩。

「『我把你滅亡的消息帶到你不認識的列邦時，必使許多人惶恐不安。

我使你在列國中滅亡的消息，傳到你所不認識的列邦的時候，我必使萬族的心感到不安。

『我帶你做俘虜於列國中，到你所不認識的列邦，那時我必使許多外族之民的心、因你而很難過。

我以爾之敗亡、加於爾所未識之國、則擾多民之心、

天下列邦、爾未嘗與之通聞問、我使之聞爾敗亡、則必憂心戚戚、

我使爾敗亡之風聲、傳於爾所不識之諸邦、我則使多國之民、為爾憂心慘慘、

I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known.

“ I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known.

“ I will disturb many hearts when I bring news of your downfall to distant nations you have never seen.

“‘ I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you have not known.

“ I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

‘ I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.

I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.

“ I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.

They will be terrified by her suffering. They will stand far away from her. And they will cry out,“‘ How terrible! How terrible it is for you, great city! How terrible for you, mighty city of Babylon! In just one hour you have been destroyed!’“ The traders of the world will weep and mourn over her. No one buys what they sell anymore.Here is what they had for sale.“ Gold, silver, jewels, pearls. Fine linen, purple, silk, bright red cloth. Every kind of citron wood. All sorts of things made out of ivory, valuable wood, bronze, iron, marble.Cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense. Wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat. Cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, and human beings sold as slaves.“ The merchants will say,‘ The pleasure you longed for has left you. All your riches and glory have disappeared forever.’The traders who sold these things became rich because of Babylon. When she suffers, they will stand far away. Her suffering will terrify them. They will weep and mourn.

The nations were angry, and the time for your anger has come. The time has come to judge the dead. It is time to reward your servants the prophets and your people who honor you. There is a reward for all your people, both great and small. It is time to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations. I will send them to other countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

The Lord is the God of Israel. He said to me,“ Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my great anger. Make all the nations to which I send you drink it.When they drink it, they will not even be able to walk straight. It will drive them out of their minds. I am going to send war against them.”So I took the cup from the Lord’ s hand. I made all the nations to which he sent me drink from it.He sent me to Judah’s kings and officials. He told me to go to Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. He wanted me to tell them they would be destroyed. Then people would be shocked because of them. They would make fun of them. They would use their name in a curse. And that’s how things still are today.Here is a list of the other kings and nations he sent me to. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt his attendants, his officials, all his peopleall the people from other lands who lived there all the kings of Uz the Philistine kings of Ashkelon, Gaza and Ekron the Philistines still living in AshdodEdom, Moab, Ammonall the kings of Tyre and Sidon the kings of the islands and other lands along the Mediterranean SeaDedan, Teman, Buz all the other places far away in the eastall the kings of Arabia all the other kings of people who live in the desertall the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media

Egypt will be more empty than any other land. Its destroyed cities will lie empty for 40 years. I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. I will send them to other countries.”

I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. I will send them to other countries.