“‘ I will hand over their wealth to outsiders. I will turn it over to sinful people in other countries. They will make it“ unclean.”

我必将这殿交付外邦人为掠物，交付地上的恶人为掳物；他们也必亵渎这殿。

我必将它交给外邦人为掠物，交给地上的恶人为掳物；他们要亵渎它。

我必将它交给外邦人为掠物，交给地上的恶人为掳物；他们要亵渎它。

我必使这一切成为外族人手中的猎物，恶人手中的战利品，被任意糟蹋。

我要把它们交在外族人的手里作掠物，给地上的恶人作战利品，他们必亵渎这些东西。

我必將這殿交付外邦人為掠物，交付地上的惡人為擄物；他們也必褻瀆這殿。

我必將它交給外邦人為掠物，交給地上的惡人為擄物；他們要褻瀆它。

我必將它交給外邦人為掠物，交給地上的惡人為擄物；他們要褻瀆它。

我必使這一切成為外族人手中的獵物，惡人手中的戰利品，被任意糟蹋。

我要把它們交在外族人的手裡作掠物，給地上的惡人作戰利品，他們必褻瀆這些東西。

我必將它交於外族人的手做掠物，交於地上的惡人為擄物；他們必褻瀆它。

必使外人虜之、世間惡人掠之、而玷污之、

亦使遠方之強暴攘奪之、蔑視之、

必付諸外人手、使被劫掠、使地上地上或作世間惡人來攘奪、彼必污之、

I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it.

And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.

I will give it as plunder to foreigners, to the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it.

I will hand these things over to foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane them.

And I will hand it over to the foreigners as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will profane it.

I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

I will hand these things over to foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane them.

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world’s wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.

I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they will profane it.

Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the Lord’ s temple. He also removed the treasures from the royal palace. He cut up the gold objects that Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple. That’s what the Lord had announced would happen.

Remember the nation that you chose as your own so long ago. Remember that you set us free from slavery to be your very own people. Remember Mount Zion, where you lived.Walk through this place that has been torn down beyond repair. See how completely your enemies have destroyed the temple!In the place where you used to meet with us, your enemies have shouted,“ We’ve won the battle!” They have set up their flags to show they have beaten us.They acted like people cutting down a forest with axes.They smashed all the beautiful wooden walls with their axes and hatchets.They burned your temple to the ground. They polluted the place where your Name is.They had said in their hearts,“ We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where you were worshiped in the land.

Nebuzaradan set the Lord’ s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.

God, an army from the nations has attacked your land. They have polluted your holy temple. They have completely destroyed Jerusalem.

The Babylonian army destroyed the Lord’ s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried the bronze away to Babylon.They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects used for any purpose in the temple.The commander of the royal guard took away the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars, the huge bowl and the stands. Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’ s temple.

Nebuzaradan set the Lord’ s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.The armies of Babylon broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do.Some of the poorest people still remained in the city along with the others. But the commander Nebuzaradan took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the skilled workers. That included the people who had joined the king of Babylon.But Nebuzaradan left the rest of the poorest people of the land behind. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.The armies of Babylon destroyed the Lord’ s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried away all the bronze to Babylon.They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters, sprinkling bowls and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects that were used for any purpose in the temple.The commander of the royal guard took away the bowls and the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls, the pots, the lampstands and the dishes. He took away the bowls used for drink offerings. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars. It included the bronze from the huge bowl and the 12 bronze bulls under it. It also included the stands. King Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’ s temple.Each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet around. The pillars were hollow. The metal in each of them was three inches thick.The bronze top of one pillar was seven and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had pomegranates.There were 96 pomegranates on the sides of each of the two tops. The total number of pomegranates above the bronze chains around each top was 100.

Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon all the objects from God’s temple. Some of those things were large. Others were small. He carried off the treasures of the temple. He also carried off the treasures that belonged to the king and his officials.The Babylonians set God’s temple on fire. They broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces. They destroyed everything of value there.