So I put the high officials of your temple to shame. I let Jacob’s family be totally destroyed. And I let people make fun of Israel.

所以，我要辱没圣所的首领，使雅各成为咒诅，使以色列成为辱骂。”

因此，我要凌辱圣所的领袖，使雅各遭毁灭，使以色列受辱骂。”

因此，我要凌辱圣所的领袖，使雅各遭毁灭，使以色列受辱骂。”

所以我要使你圣殿的祭司受辱，使雅各遭毁灭，使以色列被辱骂。

所以我要辱没圣所里的领袖，使雅各遭受毁灭，使以色列被凌辱。”

所以我要折辱圣所的首领们，把雅各交于毁灭，把以色列交于凌辱。”

所以，我要辱沒聖所的首領，使雅各成為咒詛，使以色列成為辱罵。

因此，我要凌辱聖所的領袖，使雅各遭毀滅，使以色列受辱罵。」

因此，我要凌辱聖所的領袖，使雅各遭毀滅，使以色列受辱罵。」

所以我要使你聖殿的祭司受辱，使雅各遭毀滅，使以色列被辱罵。

所以我要辱沒聖所裡的領袖，使雅各遭受毀滅，使以色列被凌辱。”

我便讓聖所的高職員被辱沒，使雅各被毁滅歸神，使以色列成為毁謗的話柄。

所以我要折辱聖所的首領們，把雅各交於滅絕，把以色列交於凌辱。」

故我必辱聖所之長、使雅各受詛、以色列被謗焉、

故我使聖所之祭司、仍從流俗、雅各家以色列族、加以咒詛焉。

故我使聖所之祭司祭司或作牧伯受凌辱、使雅各被咒詛、使以色列受誹謗、

So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction and Israel to scorn.

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary, and deliver Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.

That is why I have disgraced your priests; I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame for Israel.

So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary, and set Jacob apart for destruction and Israel for scorn.

So I will profane the officials of the sanctuary, And I will turn Jacob over to destruction and Israel to abuse.

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.

So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary, and set Jacob apart for destruction and Israel for abuse.

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”

Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”

I will make all the kingdoms on earth displeased with them. In fact, they will hate them a great deal. They will shake their heads at them. They will curse them and make fun of them. All this will happen no matter where I force them to go.

Judah and Israel, in the past you have been a curse among the nations. But now I will save you. You will be a blessing to others. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strong so that you can do my work.”

We are something our neighbors joke about. The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.

Without pity the Lord swallowed up all the homes of Jacob’s people. When he was angry, he tore down the forts of the people of Judah. He brought down their kingdom and princes to the ground in dishonor.

I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.

My chosen ones will use your names when they curse others. I am your Lord and King. I will put you to death. But I will give new names to those who serve me.

But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.You will be cursed no matter where you go.The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.

Lord, you didn’t hold back from bringing this trouble on us. You always do what is right. But we haven’t obeyed you.

He will find those people in all the tribes of Israel and give them nothing but trouble. That will agree with all the curses of the covenant. They are written down in this Book of the Law.Even your children’s children will see the troubles that have fallen on the land. They’ll see the sicknesses the Lord has brought on it. People who come from countries far away will also see those things.The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.All the nations will ask,“ Why has the Lord done this to the land? What could have made him so very angry?”And they will hear the answer,“ It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.The Lord’ s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”

Zedekiah, the Lord’ s anointed king, was our last hope. But he was caught in their traps. We thought he would keep us safe. We expected to continue living among the nations.

You have broken the covenant you made with him. You have thrown your servant’s crown into the dirt.

Those who are in Judea should then escape to the mountains. Those in the city should get out. Those in the country should not enter the city.This is the time when God will punish Jerusalem. Everything will come true, just as it has been written.How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers! There will be terrible suffering in the land. There will be great anger against those people.Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles come to an end.

“ I said,‘ You leaders are like gods. You are all children of the Most High God.’But you will die, like mere human beings. You will die like every other leader.”

Who allowed you to be carried off like stolen goods? Who handed you over to robbers? The Lord did it! We have sinned against him. Israel, you wouldn’t follow his ways. You didn’t obey his law.So he poured out his great anger on you. He had many of you killed in battle. You were surrounded by flames. But you didn’t realize what was happening. Many of you were destroyed. But you didn’t learn anything from it.

You will be put to shame. The nations will make fun of you. You will serve as a warning to others. They will be shocked when they see you. So I will punish you because I am very angry with you. You will feel the sting of my warning. I have spoken. I am the Lord.

The Lord’ s temple was like a garden. But he completely destroyed it. He destroyed the place where he used to meet with his people. He made Zion’s people forget their appointed feasts and Sabbath days. When he was very angry, he turned his back on king and priest alike.The Lord deserted his altar. He left his temple. He gave the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces into the hands of her enemies. They shouted loudly in the house of the Lord. You would have thought it was the day of an appointed feast.

They try to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles. These Jews don’t want the Gentiles to be saved. In this way, these Jews always increase their sins to the limit. God’s anger has come on them at last.

“ Mountains of Gilboa, may no dew or rain fall on you. May no showers fall on your hillside fields. The shield of the mighty king wasn’t respected there. The shield of Saul lies there. It isn’t rubbed with oil anymore.