The Lord says,“ I will scatter you like straw that the desert wind blows away.

所以我必用旷野的风吹散他们，像吹过的碎秸一样。

我必吹散他们，如碎秸随旷野的风飘动。

我必吹散他们，如碎秸随旷野的风飘动。

因此，耶和华说：“我要把你分散到四方，像旷野的风吹散碎秸一样。

“因此，我要使你们（“你们”原文作“他们”）四散，像被旷野的风吹走的碎秸一样。

所以我必用曠野的風吹散他們，像吹過的碎稭一樣。

我必吹散他們，如碎稭隨曠野的風飄動。

我必吹散他們，如碎稭隨曠野的風飄動。

因此，耶和華說：「我要把你分散到四方，像曠野的風吹散碎稭一樣。

“因此，我要使你們（“你們”原文作“他們”）四散，像被曠野的風吹走的碎稭一樣。

故此我必使你四散如碎稭，像被曠野的風吹過的一樣。

故我必散之、若草芥為野風所飄、

耶和華曰、我必使斯民離散、如狂風飄草芥、爾曹棄我、所恃妄誕、故我罰爾、必若是。

我必將斯民散之、如草芥飄於曠野之風、

“ I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

I will scatter you like chaff driven by the wind from the desert.

“ I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the desert winds.

I will scatter you like drifting chaff before the desert wind.

Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw To the desert wind.

“ Therefore I will scatter them like stubble That passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

I will scatter you like drifting chaff before the desert wind.

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

“ The LORD says,‘ That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

“ Therefore I will scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.

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

I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed.

A third of your people will die of the plague inside your walls. Or they will die of hunger there. Another third will be killed by swords outside your walls. And I will scatter the last third of your people to the winds. I will chase them with a sword that is ready to strike them down.

Burn up a third of the hair inside the city. Do this when you stop attacking the model of Jerusalem. Next, get another third of the hair. Strike it with a sword all around the city. Then scatter the last third to the winds. That is because I will chase the people with a sword that is ready to strike them down.

So these people will vanish like the morning mist. They will soon disappear like the early dew. They will be like straw that the wind blows around on a threshing floor. They will be like smoke that escapes through a window.

You will toss them in the air. A strong wind will catch them and blow them away. You will be glad because I will make that happen. You will praise me. I am the Holy One of Israel.

I said I would scatter them. I said I would erase their name from human memory.

The Lord will drive you out of your land. He will scatter you among the nations. Only a few of you will remain alive there.

Come together before the Lord’ s judgment arrives. The day of the Lord’ s judgment will sweep in like straw blown by the wind. Soon the Lord’ s great anger will come against you. The day of his wrath will come against you.

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.

All Zedekiah’s best troops will be killed by swords. Those who are left alive will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I have spoken. I am the Lord.”

At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be warned. They will be told,“ A hot and dry wind is coming, my people. It is blowing toward you from the bare hilltops in the desert. But it does not separate straw from grain.It is much too strong for that. The wind is coming from me. I am making my decision against you.”

My God, make them like straw that the wind blows away. Make them like tumbleweed.Destroy them as fire burns up a forest. Destroy them as a flame sets mountains on fire.Chase them with your mighty winds. Terrify them with your storm.

“‘ “But I will spare some of you. Some will escape from being killed by swords. You will be scattered among other lands and nations.

Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.

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.