外族人吞吃了他的力量，他卻不知道；他頭上滿是白髮，他也不曉得。

外邦人吞吃他劳力得来的，他却不知道；头发斑白，他也不觉得。

外邦人消耗他的力量，他却不知道；头发斑白，他也不觉得。

外邦人消耗他的力量，他却不知道；头发斑白，他也不觉得。

外族人耗尽了他的力量，他却茫然不知。他头发斑白，却浑然不觉。

外族人吞吃了他的力量，他却不知道；他头上满是白发，他也不晓得。

外邦人吞吃他勞力得來的，他卻不知道；頭髮斑白，他也不覺得。

外邦人消耗他的力量，他卻不知道；頭髮斑白，他也不覺得。

外邦人消耗他的力量，他卻不知道；頭髮斑白，他也不覺得。

外族人耗盡了他的力量，他卻茫然不知。他頭髮斑白，卻渾然不覺。

外族人吞喫了他的力量，他卻不知道；斑白頭髮散布他頭上，他也不覺得。

外人食其力、而彼不知、首髮頒白、而彼不覺、

彼與異邦人爭競、已竭其力、而彼不自覺、首髮斑白、而彼不自知、

異邦人吞其竭力所得、而彼不自覺、髮己頒白、髮已頒白或作彼已衰老而彼不自知、

Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

People from other lands make them weaker and weaker. But they don’t realize it. Their hair is becoming gray. But they don’t even notice it.

Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.

Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not notice.

Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it.

Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not notice.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth[ it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.

他們播種的是風，收成的是暴風。生出來的苗沒有麥穗，不能做成麵粉；即或做成麵粉，也必被別國的人吞吃。

你必說：“人打我，我不痛；人鞭打我，我不曉得；我甚麼時候清醒？我還要再去尋酒。”

義人死亡，沒有人放在心上；虔誠人去世，也沒有人明白；義人去世，是脫離了禍患。

你們的土地荒涼，你們的城鎮被火燒毀，你們的田地，在你們面前給外族人侵吞；被外族人傾覆之後，就荒涼了。

但這人民是被搶劫和被掠奪的，全都困陷在洞穴中，被收藏在監牢裡；他們作了掠物，無人搭救；他們成了擄物，無人說：“要歸還！”你們中間誰肯聽這話呢？誰肯從今以後留心聽呢？誰把雅各交出來給掠奪者？誰把以色列交給搶劫的呢？豈不是耶和華，就是我們得罪的那位嗎？因為他們不肯遵行他的道，也不肯聽從他的律法。因此，他把他猛烈的怒氣和慘酷的戰爭，傾倒在他身上；這在他四周如火燒起來，他還不知道；把他燒著了，他也不放在心上。

於是耶和華的怒氣向以色列發作，常把他們交在亞蘭王哈薛的手中和哈薛的兒子便．哈達的手中。約哈斯懇求耶和華，耶和華垂聽他的禱告，因為看見了以色列所受的壓迫，就是亞蘭王對他們的壓迫。耶和華就賜給以色列一位拯救者，他救他們脫離亞蘭王的手，於是以色列人可以在自己的家安居，好像以前一樣。可是他們沒有離開耶羅波安家使以色列人陷於罪中的那些罪，仍然行在罪中；亞舍拉依然立在撒瑪利亞。於是耶和華沒有給約哈斯留下餘民，只剩下騎兵五十人，戰車十輛和步兵一萬人，因為亞蘭王毀滅他們，踐踏他們好像禾場上的塵土。

亞述王普勒來攻打以色列地，米拿現給普勒三萬公斤銀子，請普勒幫助他堅固王位。

約哈斯在位的日子，亞蘭王哈薛一直都欺壓以色列。