Your country has been deserted. Your cities have been burned down. The food from your fields is being eaten up by outsiders. They are doing it right in front of you. Your land has been completely destroyed. It looks as if strangers have taken it over.

你们的地土已经荒凉；你们的城邑被火焚毁。你们的田地在你们眼前为外邦人所侵吞，既被外邦人倾覆就成为荒凉。

你们的土地荒芜，城镇被火烧毁；你们的田地在你们眼前被陌生人侵吞，既被陌生人倾覆，就成为荒芜。

你们的土地荒芜，城镇被火烧毁；你们的田地在你们眼前被陌生人侵吞，既被陌生人倾覆，就成为荒芜。

你们的土地荒凉，城邑化为灰烬。你们亲眼目睹自己的田园被外族人侵吞、毁坏、变成不毛之地。

你们的土地荒凉，你们的城镇被火烧毁，你们的田地，在你们面前给外族人侵吞；被外族人倾覆之后，就荒凉了。

你们的国土荒凉，你们的城市被火烧毁；你们的田地，在你们面前被外族人吞噬，荒凉得就像被外族人覆灭了一样。

你們的地土已經荒涼；你們的城邑被火焚毀。你們的田地在你們眼前為外邦人所侵吞，既被外邦人傾覆就成為荒涼。

你們的土地荒蕪，城鎮被火燒燬；你們的田地在你們眼前被陌生人侵吞，既被陌生人傾覆，就成為荒蕪。

你們的土地荒蕪，城鎮被火燒燬；你們的田地在你們眼前被陌生人侵吞，既被陌生人傾覆，就成為荒蕪。

你們的土地荒涼，城邑化為灰燼。你們親眼目睹自己的田園被外族人侵吞、毀壞、變成不毛之地。

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。

你們的地土荒涼，你們的城市給火燒燬，你們的田地眼睜睜地被外族人侵吞，一片荒涼、像所多瑪之傾覆。

你們的國土荒涼，你們的城市被火燒毀；你們的田地，在你們面前被外族人吞噬，荒涼得就像被外族人覆滅了一樣。

爾地荒蕪、爾邑焚燬、爾之土壤、外人吞於爾前、為其傾覆、遂致荒涼、

爾地荒蕪、爾邑焚燬、異邦之人至、傾覆爾四境、吞食爾土產、俾爾目擊。

爾地荒蕪、爾邑被火焚燬、爾之田土、異邦人吞據於爾目前、爾國既遭異邦人之傾覆、遂致荒蕪、

Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.

Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see.

Your land is desolate, your cities burned down; foreigners devour your fields right in front of you— a desolation, like a place demolished by foreigners.

Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.

Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire; foreigners devour your fields before your very eyes— a desolation demolished by foreigners.

Your country[ is] desolate, your cities[ are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and[ it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.

Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.

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.

Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.

The land you gave us has been turned over to outsiders. Our homes have been given to strangers.

I will dry up the waters of the Nile River. I will sell the land to an evil nation. I will use the power of outsiders to destroy the land and everything in it. I have spoken. I am the Lord.”

At that time King Ahaz sent men to the king of Assyria to get help.The men of Edom had come and attacked Judah again. They had carried away prisoners.At the same time the Philistines had attacked towns in the western hills and in the Negev Desert of Judah. They had captured Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth. They had also captured Soko, Timnah and Gimzo and the villages around them. They had settled down in all of them.The Lord had made Judah less powerful because of Ahaz, their king. Ahaz had stirred up the people of Judah to do evil things. He hadn’t been faithful to the Lord at all.Tiglath- Pileser came to Ahaz. But he gave Ahaz trouble instead of help. Tiglath- Pileser was king of Assyria.Ahaz took some things from the Lord’ s temple. He also took some from the royal palace and from the officials. He gave all of them to the king of Assyria. But that didn’t help Ahaz.

So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.Its people will look mean. They won’t have any respect for old people. They won’t show any kindness to young people.They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

So the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram. The men of Aram won the battle over him. They took many of his people as prisoners. They brought them to Damascus. God also handed Ahaz over to Pekah. Pekah was king of Israel. His army wounded or killed many of the troops of Ahaz.

Then sheep will graze as if they were in their own grasslands. Lambs will eat grass among the destroyed buildings where rich people used to live.

Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies.

Every fighting man’s boot that he wore in battle will be burned up. So will every piece of clothing covered with blood. All of them will be thrown into the fire.

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence. And the vineyard will be destroyed. I will break down its wall. And people will walk all over my vineyard.I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert. It will not be pruned or taken care of. Thorns and bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

The streams of Edom will be turned into tar. Its dust will be turned into blazing sulfur. Its land will become burning tar.

Destroyed cities will lie empty. People will lock themselves inside their houses.In the streets people will cry out for wine. All joy will turn into sadness. All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.All the buildings will be knocked down. Every city gate will be smashed to pieces.

Then the number of God’s people got smaller. They were made humble by trouble, suffering and sorrow.

Jerusalem, listen to my warning. If you do not, I will turn away from you. Your land will become a desert. No one will be able to live there.”

Lions have roared. They have growled at you. They have destroyed your land. Your towns are burned and deserted.

He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.

The Lord says,“ Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.

I heard the Lord who rules over all announce a message. He said,“ You can be sure that the great houses will become empty. The fine homes will be left with no one living in them.

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will it be like that?” He answered,“ It will last until the cities of Israel are destroyed. It will last until no one is living in them. It will last until the houses are deserted. The fields will be completely destroyed.