The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

贫寒人的长子必有所食；穷乏人必安然躺卧。我必以饥荒治死你的根；你所余剩的人必被杀戮。

贫寒人的长子必有得吃；贫穷人必安然躺卧。我必以饥荒灭绝你的根，它必杀尽你所剩余的人。

贫寒人的长子必有得吃；贫穷人必安然躺卧。我必以饥荒灭绝你的根，它必杀尽你所剩余的人。

贫穷人必衣食无忧，困苦人必安然度日，但我必用饥荒除掉你们的子孙，消灭你们残存的人。

最贫寒的人必有食物吃，贫乏人必安然躺卧；我必用饥荒毁灭你的根，你余剩的人，必被饥荒所杀。

最贫弱的人也必有所食，贫穷的人也必安然躺卧；但我却要用饥荒杀死你的根，你的余剩之民也要被饥荒所杀。

貧寒人的長子必有所食；窮乏人必安然躺臥。我必以饑荒治死你的根；你所餘剩的人必被殺戮。

貧寒人的長子必有得吃；貧窮人必安然躺臥。我必以饑荒滅絕你的根，牠必殺盡你所剩餘的人。

貧寒人的長子必有得吃；貧窮人必安然躺臥。我必以饑荒滅絕你的根，牠必殺盡你所剩餘的人。

貧窮人必衣食無憂，困苦人必安然度日，但我必用饑荒除掉你們的子孫，消滅你們殘存的人。

最貧寒的人必有食物吃，貧乏人必安然躺臥；我必用饑荒毀滅你的根，你餘剩的人，必被饑荒所殺。

貧寒人必在我的草地上喫喝，窮苦人必安然躺着；我必用饑荒治死你的根：你餘剩之民我必殺戮。

最貧弱的人也必有所食，貧窮的人也必安然躺臥；但我卻要用饑荒殺死你的根，你的餘剩之民也要被饑荒所殺。

至貧者得食、窮乏者安臥、惟我以饑殲爾種類、爾之遺民、必見殺戮、

我國之民、雖至窮困、必安然居處、不遭侵伐、爾邦之人、必饑饉而死、所孑遺者、俱亡於刃、是皆主所使然。

當是時至貧者必平康度日、窮困者必安然偃臥、我使爾之種類、以饑餓而亡、爾之遺民、必見殺戮、

The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

Even the poorest people in Israel will have plenty to eat. Those who are in need will lie down in safety. But I will destroy your families. They will die of hunger. I will kill any of them who are still left alive.

And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.

I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine and destroy the few who remain.

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.

Those who are most helpless will eat, And the poor will lie down in security; I will kill your root with famine, And it will kill your survivors.

The firstborn of the poor will feed, And the needy will lie down in safety; I will kill your roots with famine, And it will slay your remnant.

And the first- born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The LORD has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines:“ I will destroy everyone who lives there!”The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.

He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

“ This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.

“ This is what the sovereign LORD says:‘ The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility.So this is what the sovereign LORD says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”

The LORD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.“ Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear.For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power?How long will you cry out,‘ Oh, sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’But how can it rest when I, the LORD, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast.

Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

So this is what the sovereign LORD says:“ Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!

These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?

Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces.You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country.Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the LORD has spoken!

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The sovereign LORD who commands armies has spoken.

This is what the LORD says:“ Because Gaza has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.I will remove the ruler from Ashdod, the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon. I will strike Ekron with my hand; the rest of the Philistines will also die.” The sovereign LORD has spoken!