“ The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败。众人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败；众人坐在地上哀恸，耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败；众人坐在地上哀恸，耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大充满悲泣，她的城邑衰败，人人坐在地上痛哭，耶路撒冷哀鸣四起。

“犹大悲哀，她的城镇（“城镇”原文作“城门”）衰落，人人都坐在地上悲伤痛哭；耶路撒冷的哀声上达于天。

猶大悲哀，城門衰敗。眾人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大悲哀，城門衰敗；眾人坐在地上哀慟，耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大悲哀，城門衰敗；眾人坐在地上哀慟，耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大充滿悲泣，她的城邑衰敗，人人坐在地上痛哭，耶路撒冷哀鳴四起。

“猶大悲哀，她的城鎮（“城鎮”原文作“城門”）衰落，人人都坐在地上悲傷痛哭；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達於天。

『猶大悲哀，她的城門衰敗，人都披上黑衣坐在地上哀悼；耶路撒冷的哀號聲直往上升。

曰、猶大悲哀、邑門衰敗、眾衣墨絰、而坐於地、耶路撒冷號咷、升聞於上、

猶大國懷憂、邑民衰絰、哀慘靡已、耶路撒冷號呼、升聞於上。

猶大國懷憂、邑民咸憊、伏地哀慘、耶路撒冷號呼、聲聞於上、

“ Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

“ Judah is filled with sadness. Its cities are wasting away. The people weep for the land. Crying is heard in Jerusalem.

“ Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

“ Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

Judah mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

“ Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

“ Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Judah mourns; her gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

“ Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.

The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

So I, the LORD, say this:‘ I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

“‘ It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD LORD WHO RULES OVER ALL had said.

Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.ט( Tet)Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.י( Yod)

Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord.י( Yod)

Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

“ At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“ God will not see what happens to us.”

My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob,

The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out.”

Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.