The towns of the Negev will close their gates, and no one will be able to open them. The people of Judah will be taken away as captives. All will be carried into exile.

南方的城尽都关闭，无人开放；犹大全被掳掠，且掳掠净尽。

尼革夫的城镇都被关闭，无人打开；犹大全被掳掠，掳掠净尽。

尼革夫的城镇都被关闭，无人打开；犹大全被掳掠，掳掠净尽。

南部的城邑将被围困，无人能解围，犹大人都要被掳，无一幸免。

南地的城市已被围困，没有人能解围；整个犹大都被掳走，全被掳去了。

南方的城盡都關閉，無人開放；猶大全被擄掠，且擄掠淨盡。

尼革夫的城鎮都被關閉，無人打開；猶大全被擄掠，擄掠淨盡。

尼革夫的城鎮都被關閉，無人打開；猶大全被擄掠，擄掠淨盡。

南部的城邑將被圍困，無人能解圍，猶大人都要被擄，無一倖免。

南地的城市已被圍困，沒有人能解圍；整個猶大都被擄走，全被擄去了。

南地的城市盡都關閉，無人給開；猶大盡都流亡，全部流亡。

南方諸邑既閉、無人啟之、猶大被虜、全族被虜矣、○

南方之邑、將閉不啟、猶大遍地、民人被虜、靡有孑遺。

南地諸城俱閉、無人啟之、猶大人被擄、被擄淨盡、

The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.

The gates of the cities in the Negev Desert will be shut tight. There won’t be anyone to open them. Everyone in Judah will be carried away as prisoners. You will be completely taken away.

The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.

The cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.

The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been taken into exile, Wholly taken into exile.

The cities of the South shall be shut up, And no one shall open them; Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it; It shall be wholly carried away captive.

The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

The cities of the Negev are under siege; no one can help them. All of Judah has been taken into exile, taken completely into exile.

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open[ them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.’”

The cities of the South is shut up, and there is no one to open them. Judah is carried away captive: all of it. It is wholly carried away captive.

And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.

They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land— the walls you trusted to protect you— are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the Lord your God has given you.

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had defected to him, and everyone else who remained.

In Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty third year he sent Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who took 745 more— a total of 4,600 captives in all.

And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.

I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of pagan worship. I will take no pleasure in your offerings that should be a pleasing aroma to me.Yes, I myself will devastate your land, and your enemies who come to occupy it will be appalled at what they see.I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah, the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the Lord, have spoken!

“ Son of man, turn and face the south and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of the Negev.Tell the southern wilderness,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.

And from all around Jerusalem, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from the western foothills and the hill country and the Negev, the people will come with their burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will bring their grain offerings, frankincense, and thanksgiving offerings to the Lord’s Temple.

Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah’s territory in the south and Joseph’s territory in the north.

“ But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:

For the Lord will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship foreign gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods made of wood and stone!There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the Lord will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.Your life will constantly hang in the balance. You will live night and day in fear, unsure if you will survive.In the morning you will say,‘ If only it were night!’ And in the evening you will say,‘ If only it were morning!’ For you will be terrified by the awful horrors you see around you.Then the Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships, to a destination I promised you would never see again. There you will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves, but no one will buy you.”

For this is what the Lord says:‘ I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.

What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.