始我命邦國、必當翦滅、撥其根本、而彼邦國、悛改厥行、則我欲降之災、必不行焉。

我何时论到一邦或一国说，要拔出、拆毁、毁坏；

我何时论到一邦或一国说，要拔出、拆毁、毁坏；

我何时论到一邦或一国说，要拔出、拆毁、毁坏；

当我宣布要铲除、推翻、毁灭哪一邦或哪一国的时候，

我什么时候宣布要拔出、拆毁、毁灭一邦或一国，

我何時論到一邦或一國說，要拔出、拆毀、毀壞；

我何時論到一邦或一國說，要拔出、拆毀、毀壞；

我何時論到一邦或一國說，要拔出、拆毀、毀壞；

當我宣佈要剷除、推翻、毀滅哪一邦或哪一國的時候，

我甚麼時候宣布要拔出、拆毀、毀滅一邦或一國，

我甚麼時候論到一邦或一國說，要拔除，要拆毁，要毁滅，

我論一族、或論一國之時、言欲拔之、毀之、翦滅之、

如我言、某邦某國、當敗當毀當滅、

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,

Suppose I announce that something will happen to a nation or kingdom. Suppose I announce that it will be pulled up by the roots. And I announce that it will be torn down and destroyed.

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,

If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;

The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

[ At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy[ it];

There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

今日錫爾前知、何邦開創、何邦翦滅、何邦立其基、何邦撥其本、言無不應。

耶和華曰、凡彼鄰邦、作惡不悛、侵伐我所、賜以色列族之土、我必救猶大家、得脫敵人之地、驅鄰邦出於其故土、既驅之出、後加矜憫、使歸故土、恢復舊業。如鄰邦之人、效我民所為、指我而誓、不復教人指巴力而誓、則可恆居於我民間、不然、我必殲滅之、耶和華已言之矣。

我必使我僕巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒、率北方之眾、攻斯土之民、及四周鄰國、滅之殆盡、使見之者駭愕、皆作怨聲。不聞懽忭之言、新娶者及新婦之音、旋磨之聲不徹於外、燈火之光不耀於內、我使之然。四方列國必致荒蕪、使人駭愕、惟彼億兆、服事巴比倫王、歷七十年。耶和華又曰、七十年之期既屆、我降罰於巴比倫之君民、治其罪戾、使迦勒底土地荒蕪、歷久若此。昔我使先知耶利米、以列國之事、筆之於書、中有降災迦勒底之言、必有效驗。邦國眾多、列王顯赫、必使迦勒底人為其服役、視其所行、而加報施。

惟我耶和華告爾、曰、昔予建造斯邦、加以栽植、後必殲滅、拔其根株、

耶和華又曰斯民犯罪、我耶和華所目睹、必加翦滅、雅各之家、我滅之猶有孑遺、

約拿入城、歷一日之程、呼曰、尼尼微邑、不過四十日、必傾圮矣。