I will make your land empty forever. No one will live in your towns. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

我必使你永远荒凉，使你的城邑无人居住，你的民就知道我是耶和华。

我必使你永远荒凉，使你的城镇无人居住，你们就知道我是耶和华。

我必使你永远荒凉，使你的城镇无人居住，你们就知道我是耶和华。

我要使你永远荒废，你的城邑杳无人迹，这样你就知道我是耶和华。

我必使你永远荒凉，你的城市必没有人居住；你们就知道我是耶和华。

我必使你永遠荒涼，使你的城邑無人居住，你的民就知道我是耶和華。

我必使你永遠荒涼，使你的城鎮無人居住，你們就知道我是耶和華。

我必使你永遠荒涼，使你的城鎮無人居住，你們就知道我是耶和華。

我要使你永遠荒廢，你的城邑杳無人跡，這樣你就知道我是耶和華。

我必使你永遠荒涼，你的城市必沒有人居住；你們就知道我是耶和華。

我必使你永遠荒涼；你的城市必沒有人居住；你們就知道我乃是永恆主。

我將使爾恆為荒墟、爾之城邑、無人居處、則知我乃耶和華、

爾之邦國、恆為荒墟、爾之城邑、無人居處、俾知我乃耶和華。

我必使爾永為荒蕪、使爾城邑無人居處、爾曹則知我乃主、

I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

I will make you a permanent desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the Lord.

I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I[ am] the LORD.

I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Your people will fall down dead among you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will destroy your towns. Your land will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

The Lord continues,“ I will reach out my hand against Edom. I will kill its people and their animals. I will completely destroy it. They will be killed by swords from Teman all the way to Dedan.

instead of Esau. I have turned Esau’s hill country into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert.”Edom might say,“ We have been crushed. But we’ll rebuild our cities.” The Lord who rules over all says,“ They might rebuild their cities. But I will destroy them. They will be called the Evil Land. My anger will always remain on them.

“‘ I will not feel sorry for you. I will not spare you. You can be sure that I will pay you back for how you have lived. I will judge you for your evil practices. I hate them. You will know that I am the Lord.’

“‘ I will not feel sorry for you. I will not spare you. I will pay you back for how you have lived. I will judge you for your evil practices. I hate them. You will know that I am the one who strikes you down. I am the Lord.

I make a promise in my own name. Bozrah will be destroyed,” announces the Lord.“ People will be shocked at it. They will say Bozrah is a shameful place. They will use its name as a curse. And all its towns will be destroyed forever.”

So Moab will become like Sodom,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ Ammon will be like Gomorrah. Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries. They will be dry and empty deserts forever. Those who are still left alive among my people will take all their valuable things. So they will receive those lands as their own. And that is just as sure as I am alive.” The Lord is the God of Israel.

“ People of Edom, all those who pass by you will be shocked. They will make fun of you because of all your wounds.Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. So were the towns that were near them,” says the Lord.“ You will be just like them. No one will live in your land. No human beings will stay there.

I will cause many people and animals to live in you, Israel. They will have many babies. I will cause people to make their homes in your towns, just as I did in the past. I will help you succeed more than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.