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

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.

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

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 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.

As the Lord had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple.

Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.Walk through the awful ruins of the city; see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards.They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest.With axes and picks, they smashed the carved paneling.They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name.Then they thought,“ Let’s destroy everything!” So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.

He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.

O God, pagan nations have conquered your land, your special possession. They have defiled your holy Temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the Lord’s Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, ladles, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.The captain of the guard also took the incense burners and basins, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the Lord’s Temple in the days of Solomon.

He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.Then he supervised the entire Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the Lord’s Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, basins, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.The captain of the guard also took the small bowls, incense burners, basins, pots, lampstands, ladles, bowls used for liquid offerings, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the Lord’s Temple in the days of King Solomon.Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference. They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7 1/2 feet high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 pomegranates on the network around the top.

The king took home to Babylon all the articles, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the Lord’s Temple and from the palace of the king and his officials.Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.