Jerusalem, all your enemies will become like fine dust. Their terrifying armies will become like straw that the wind blows away. All of a sudden, in an instant,

你仇敌的群众，却要像细尘；强暴人的群众，也要像飞糠。这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

你那成群的陌生人要像细尘，暴民要像吹起的糠秕；这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

你那成群的陌生人要像细尘，暴民要像吹起的糠秕；这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

但你的众仇敌必像纤细的尘埃一样消散，众多的残暴之徒必如被风刮去的糠秕。突然，刹那之间，

但你敌人的数量必多如灰尘，那些强暴者的数量也多如被吹散的糠秕，这必在顷刻之间，突然发生。

然而，你成群的外敌必变得像细小的灰尘，那些成群的强横者必像被吹散的糠秕。

你仇敵的羣眾，卻要像細塵；強暴人的羣眾，也要像飛糠。這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

你那成羣的陌生人要像細塵，暴民要像吹起的糠粃；這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

你那成羣的陌生人要像細塵，暴民要像吹起的糠粃；這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

但你的眾仇敵必像纖細的塵埃一樣消散，眾多的殘暴之徒必如被風颳去的糠秕。突然，刹那之間，

但你敵人的數量必多如灰塵，那些強暴者的數量也多如被吹散的糠秕，這必在頃刻之間，突然發生。

但你敵人的蜂擁軍兵卻要像微細的飛塵，強橫的蜂擁軍兵都要像飛過的糠粃；而這又是頃刻之間、突然而來的。

然而，你成群的外敵必變得像細小的灰塵，那些成群的強橫者必像被吹散的糠秕。

爾敵之眾、將如纖塵、強暴之多、將如飛糠、其事成於俄頃、

異邦之人、強暴特甚、猝然遁逃、猶之塵埃、無異糠秕。

然爾敵之眾、終如微塵、強暴者眾、終如飛糠、其事必突成於頃刻間、

But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff. Suddenly, in an instant,

But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

“ But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant,

Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

“ Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones[ shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.

People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.

Those sins are like cracks in a high wall. They get bigger and bigger. Suddenly the wall breaks apart. Then it quickly falls down.

They sound like the roar of rushing waters. But when the Lord speaks out against them, they run far away. The wind blows them away like straw on the hills. A strong wind drives them along like tumbleweeds.In the evening, the nations terrify us. But before morning comes, they are gone. That’s what happens to those who steal our goods. That’s what happens to those who take what belongs to us.

Then the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all the dead bodies.

Let them be like straw blowing in the wind, while the angel of the Lord drives them away.

They are like the heat of the desert. You stopped the noisy shouts of our enemies. You kept them from winning the battle over us and singing about it. You are like the shadow of a cloud that cools the earth.

So the Lord who rules over all will send a sickness. The Lord will send it on the king of Assyria’s strong fighting men. It will make them weaker and weaker. The army he was so proud of will be completely destroyed. It will be as if it had been burned up in a fire.The Lord is the Light of Israel. He will become a fire. Israel’s Holy One will become a flame. In a single day he will burn up all Assyria’s bushes. He will destroy all their thorns.He will completely destroy the beauty of their forests and rich farm lands. The Assyrian army will be like a sick person who becomes weaker and weaker.It will be like the trees of their forests. So few of them will be left standing that even a child could count them.

The men of Egypt are only human beings. They aren’t God. Their horses are only flesh and blood. They aren’t spirits. The Lord will reach out his powerful hand to punish everyone. The Egyptians provide help. But they will be tripped up. The people of Judah receive the help. But they will fall down. All of them will be destroyed.

Because God is there, the city will not fall. God will help it at the beginning of the day.Nations are in disorder. Kingdoms fall. God speaks, and the people of the earth melt in fear.

The Lord says,“ The Assyrians will be killed by swords. But the swords that kill them will not be used by human beings. The Assyrians will run away from those swords. But their young men will be caught and forced to work hard.

Sinful people are not like that at all. They are like straw that the wind blows away.

Brave soldiers have been robbed of everything they had. Now they lie there, sleeping in death. Not one of them can even lift his hands.God of Jacob, at your command both horse and chariot lie still.

How often are they like straw blowing in the wind? How often are they like tumbleweeds swept away by a storm?