你要對他們這麼說：主永恆主這麼說：我指着永活的我來起誓；那在荒場中的定必倒斃於刀下；那在田野上的、我必交給野獸喫；那在山寨和洞裏的定必遭瘟疫而死。

你要对他们这样说，主耶和华如此说：我指着我的永生起誓，在荒场中的，必倒在刀下；在田野间的，必交给野兽吞吃；在保障和洞里的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要对他们这样说，主耶和华如此说：我指着我的永生起誓，在废墟的，必倒在刀下；在田野的，必交给野兽吞吃；在堡垒和洞中的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要对他们这样说，主耶和华如此说：我指着我的永生起誓，在废墟的，必倒在刀下；在田野的，必交给野兽吞吃；在堡垒和洞中的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要告诉他们，主耶和华这样说，‘我凭我的永恒起誓，那些住在废墟中的必死于刀下，逃到田野的必被野兽吞吃，躲进堡垒和洞穴的必死于瘟疫。

你要对他们这样说：‘主耶和华这样说：我指着我的永生起誓，那些在废墟里的，必倒在刀下；在田间的，我必交给野兽吞吃；在堡垒和山洞里的，必因瘟疫而死。

你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指着我的永生起誓，在荒場中的，必倒在刀下；在田野間的，必交給野獸吞吃；在保障和洞裏的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指着我的永生起誓，在廢墟的，必倒在刀下；在田野的，必交給野獸吞吃；在堡壘和洞中的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指着我的永生起誓，在廢墟的，必倒在刀下；在田野的，必交給野獸吞吃；在堡壘和洞中的，必遭瘟疫而死。

你要告訴他們，主耶和華這樣說，『我憑我的永恆起誓，那些住在廢墟中的必死於刀下，逃到田野的必被野獸吞吃，躲進堡壘和洞穴的必死於瘟疫。

你要對他們這樣說：‘主耶和華這樣說：我指著我的永生起誓，那些在廢墟裡的，必倒在刀下；在田間的，我必交給野獸吞吃；在堡壘和山洞裡的，必因瘟疫而死。

當告之曰、主耶和華云、我指己生而誓、居荒蕪之處者、必仆於刃、居田野者、我必付之於獸噬之、居保障及巖穴者、必斃於疫癘、

爾先知當告之云、主耶和華曰、我指己而誓、維彼眾民、居於邱墟、必亡於刃、處於郊野、必噬於獸、藏於城垣巖穴、必斃於疫癘、

爾以西結當如是告之曰、主天主如是云、我指己永生而誓、惟彼居荒墟者、必殞亡於刃、凡在郊野者、我必使之為獸所食、凡在鞏固之城及洞穴者、必死於疫癘、

“ Say this to them:‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.

“ Tell them,‘ Here is what the Lord and King says.“ The people who are left in those broken- down buildings will be killed by swords. Wild animals will eat up those who are out in the country. Those who are in caves and other safe places will die of a plague. And that is just as sure as I am alive.

Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.

“ Say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.

“ Tell them this:‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

You shall say this to them:‘ This is what the Lord God says:“ As I live, those who are in the places of ruins certainly will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of plague.

“ Say thus to them,‘ Thus says the Lord God:“ As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.

Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

“ Tell them this: This is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;[ As] I live, surely they that[ are] in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that[ is] in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that[ be] in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

“ This is what you must say to them,‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.

“ You shall tell them,‘ The Lord Yahweh says:“ As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give he who is in the open field to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.

如今呢、你們要確實知道：你們在所想要去寄居的地方、是必因刀劍饑荒或瘟疫而死的。』

以色列人見自己危急（因為以色列民真地窘迫），就藏在山洞、叢林、碞穴、地窘、或坑井中，

你必倒斃在以色列的眾山上，你和你的全部隊、以及跟隨你的外族民都要倒斃；我必將你給各種羽族的肉食鳥、和田野的走獸、做食物。

以實瑪利把他所擊殺的人的一切屍身拋進的坑是個大坑；這坑是從前亞撒王為了提防以色列王巴沙而造的；尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利將那些被刺殺的人給填滿了。

主永恆主這麼說：『你要拍掌頓腳說哈哈，高興以色列家行這一切可憎之壞事所要遭受的報應，就是他們必倒斃於刀劍饑荒和瘟疫之下。在遠處的必死於瘟疫，在近處的必倒斃於刀劍之下，那剩下的、得保存的人、必死於饑荒；這樣、我就在他們身上發盡我的烈怒了。他們被刺死的人倒在他們祭壇的四圍、他們的偶像中間，在各高岡各山頂上、各茂盛樹下、各茂密聖篤耨香樹之下，他們獻怡神之香氣給一切偶像的地方；那時他們就知道我乃是永恆主。我必伸手攻擊他們，使他們的地從曠野到利比拉、他們的住處、都荒涼淒慘，他們就知道我乃是永恆主。』

你的三分之一必在你中間因瘟疫而死，因饑荒而消滅；三分之一必在你四圍倒斃於刀下；三分之一我必給四散於四方；我還要拔刀追趕他們。『這樣我的怒氣就得以發盡，我就得以平息我向他們發的烈怒；我平息了妒憤，他們就知道我永恆主向他們發盡了我的烈怒是懷着妒愛而說話的。並且我必使你在你四圍的列國中、在經過的眾人眼前、成了荒廢和羞辱的對象。這樣，我就要以怒氣以烈怒、以烈怒的責打向你施判罰，那時你就在你四圍的列國中成了令人羞辱、令人毁謗、令人警戒、驚駭的對象：這是我永恆主說的。那時我必將饑荒的惡箭射在你們身上，這箭是能毁滅人的，就是我要發射去毁滅你們的；我必將饑荒增加給你們，折斷你們糧食的支杖。我必打發饑荒和惡獸去攻擊你，使你喪失兒子；瘟疫和流血的事必流行於你中間；我必使刀劍來擊打你；這是我永恆主說的。

大衛就離開那裏，逃到亞杜蘭山寨。他的弟兄和他父親全家聽見了，就都下到那裏去找他。

大衛住在曠野山寨裏；他住在西弗曠野的山地。掃羅天天尋索大衛，上帝卻不將大衛交在他手裏。

永恆主起來、使地戰抖時候，人必進入巖洞，進入土穴，去躲避永恆主之可畏懼、和他威嚴之榮光。

他來到了路旁的羊壘圈，在那裏有個洞，掃羅進去大解。大衛和跟隨的人正住在洞的儘裏頭。

米甸人的手壓制以色列人；以色列人為了要躲避米甸人、就為自己造山中的穴、造洞和山寨。

『人子啊，住在以色列地那些荒廢之處的人常說：「亞伯拉罕只是獨自一人尚且能擁有這地為基業，我們呢、人數眾多，一定更能給我們擁有這地的。」

我必使猶大餘剩之民、那些硬着頭皮進了埃及地去寄居在那裏的、都滅絕掉；他們必在埃及地仆倒，必因刀劍和饑荒而滅絕；他們從小的到大的都必因刀劍和饑荒而死亡，以致成了令人咒罵、令人驚駭、令人咒詛羞辱的對象。

他們若問你說：「我們要出去到哪裏呢？」你便對他們說：「永恆主這麼說：『那該遭疫癘的，就遭疫癘；該被刀殺的、就被刀殺；該受饑荒的，就受饑荒；該被擄的，就被擄。』」』永恆主發神諭說：『我派了四種類來罰他們：刀劍來殺戮，狗來拖拉，空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸來吞喫來毁滅。我必使他們成了地上萬國所不寒而慄的對象，都因猶大王希西家的兒子瑪拿西的緣故，因為他在耶路撒冷行了惡事。