Your people will hurry back. Those who destroyed you so completely will leave you.

你的儿女必急速归回；毁坏你的，使你荒废的，必都离你出去，

建立你的胜过毁坏你的，使你荒废的必都离你而去。

建立你的胜过毁坏你的，使你荒废的必都离你而去。

你的儿女必很快回来，毁灭和破坏你的必离你而去。

重建你的（按照《马索拉文本》，“重建你的”作“你的儿女们”；现参照《死海古卷》和其他古译本翻译）要急速归回，那些毁坏你的和那些使你荒废的，都必离你而去。

重建你的必快速回来，而那些毁坏你、使你荒废的，都必离你而去。

你的兒女必急速歸回；毀壞你的，使你荒廢的，必都離你出去，

建立你的勝過毀壞你的，使你荒廢的必都離你而去。

建立你的勝過毀壞你的，使你荒廢的必都離你而去。

你的兒女必很快回來，毀滅和破壞你的必離你而去。

重建你的（按照《馬索拉文本》，“重建你的”作“你的兒女們”；現參照《死海古卷》和其他古譯本翻譯）要急速歸回，那些毀壞你的和那些使你荒廢的，都必離你而去。

建造你的比拆毁你的敏捷；那使你荒廢的、必都離開你而去。

重建你的必快速回來，而那些毀壞你、使你荒廢的，都必離你而去。

爾之子女速歸、毀滅爾、荒廢爾者、必遠離爾、

爾之赤子、必速歸爾、爾之外侮、必遠離爾、

爾之諸子將速歸、毀爾使爾荒蕪者、必離爾出、

Your children hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you.

Your builders make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.

Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.

Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will leave you.

Your sons shall make haste; Your destroyers and those who laid you waste Shall go away from you.

Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.

Your builders hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.

As a young man marries a young woman, so your Builder will marry you. As a groom is happy with his bride, so your God will be full of joy over you.”

How can you forget me? I made you. I stretch out the heavens. I lay the foundations of the earth. Why are you terrified every day? Is it because those who are angry with you are crushing you? Is it because they are trying to destroy you? Their anger can’t harm you anymore.

“‘ “The people of Israel will no longer have neighbors who hate them. Those neighbors will not be like sharp and painful thorns anymore. Then Israel will know that I am the Lord and King.” ’ ”

Your Lord and King speaks. He is your God. He stands up for his people. He says,“ I have taken from you the cup of my great anger. It made you unsteady on your feet. But you will never drink from that cup again.Instead, I will give it to those who made you suffer. They said to you,‘ Fall down flat on the ground. Then we can walk all over you.’ And that is exactly what you did. You made your back like a street to be walked on.”

Then everyone God had inspired prepared to go. They wanted to go up to Jerusalem and build the Lord’ s temple there. They included the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin. They also included the priests and Levites.

Among all the children who were born to you there was none to guide you. Among all the children you brought up there was none to lead you by the hand.Nothing but trouble has come to you. You have been wiped out and destroyed. And you have suffered hunger and war. No one feels sorry for you. No one can comfort you.Your children have fainted. They lie helpless at every street corner. They are like antelope that have been caught in a net. They have felt the full force of the Lord’ s great anger. Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.

“ Zion, you were destroyed. Your land was left empty. It was turned into a dry and empty desert. But now you will be too small to hold all your people. And those who destroyed you will be far away.

I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.

I said to them,“ You can see the trouble we’re in. Jerusalem has been destroyed. Fire has burned up its gates. Come on. Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. Then people won’t be ashamed anymore.”

The king said to me,“ What do you want?” I prayed to the God of heaven.Then I answered the king,“ Are you pleased with me, King Artaxerxes? If it pleases you, send me to Judah. Let me go to the city of Jerusalem. That’s where my people are buried. I want to rebuild it.”The queen was sitting beside the king. He turned and asked me,“ How long will your journey take? When will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me. So I chose a certain time.I also said to him,“ If it pleases you, may I take some letters with me? I want to give them to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates River. Then they’ll help me travel safely through their territory until I arrive in Judah.May I also have a letter to Asaph? He takes care of the royal park. I want him to give me some logs so I can make beams out of them. I want to use them for the gates of the fort that is by the temple. Some of the logs will also be used in the city wall. And I’ll need some for the house I’m going to live in.” God was kind to me and helped me. So the king gave me what I asked for.Then I went to the governors of the land west of the Euphrates River. I gave them the king’s letters. He had also sent army officers and horsemen along with me.