They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

他们从远方来，从天边来，就是耶和华并他恼恨的兵器要毁灭这全地。

他们从远方来，从天边来，耶和华和他恼恨的兵器要毁灭全地。

他们从远方来，从天边来，耶和华和他恼恨的兵器要毁灭全地。

他们从地极，从天边而来。那是耶和华及倾倒祂烈怒的兵器，要来毁灭大地。

他们从远地而来，从天边而来。就是耶和华和他恼怒的工具，要毁灭这全地。

他们从遥远之地、从天边而来——耶和华和他愤怒的器皿正来毁灭全地。

他們從遠方來，從天邊來，就是耶和華並他惱恨的兵器要毀滅這全地。

他們從遠方來，從天邊來，耶和華和他惱恨的兵器要毀滅全地。

他們從遠方來，從天邊來，耶和華和他惱恨的兵器要毀滅全地。

他們從地極，從天邊而來。那是耶和華及傾倒祂烈怒的兵器，要來毀滅大地。

他們從遠地而來，從天邊而來。就是耶和華和他惱怒的工具，要毀滅這全地。

他們從遠地而來，從天儘邊來到，就是永恆主跟他義怒的軍器、要毁滅這全轄地。

他們從遙遠之地、從天邊而來——耶和華和他憤怒的器皿正來毀滅全地。

彼眾來自遠方、至自天涯、乃耶和華與其忿恚之具、盡滅斯土、○

耶和華赫然震怒、爰整其旅、以滅斯土、來自遠方、至從地極。

主攜其怒具、來自遠方、來自天涯、以滅全地、

They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.

They come from lands far away. They come from the farthest places on earth. The Lord and those weapons of his anger are coming to destroy the whole country of Babylon.

They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.

They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.

They are coming from a distant country, From the farthest horizons, The Lord and the weapons of His indignation, To destroy the whole land.

They come from a far country, From the end of heaven— The Lord and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

They are coming from a far land, from the distant horizon— the Lord and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven,[ even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

“ Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The LORD will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the LORD will get his revenge– how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.

For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.’

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.

Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

“ Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers.I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”“ But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the LORD.The LORD says,“ Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain.No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the LORD.“ Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the LORD will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives.The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.For the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says,‘ Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’“ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.”The person who lives in Zion says,“ May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says,“ May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”Therefore the LORD says,“ I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up,” says the LORD.“ I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats.”“ See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall.”“ Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the LORD!Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler.”

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.