It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish— anguish like that of a woman in labor.

你这住黎巴嫩、在香柏树上搭窝的，有痛苦临到你，好像疼痛临到产难的妇人，那时你何等可怜！”

你这住黎巴嫩、在香柏树上搭窝的，有痛苦临到你，如疼痛临到临产的妇人，那时你何等可怜！

你这住黎巴嫩、在香柏树上搭窝的，有痛苦临到你，如疼痛临到临产的妇人，那时你何等可怜！

住在黎巴嫩、安居在香柏木宫殿中的人啊，当妇人分娩般的痛苦临到你们的时候，你们将怎样呻吟呢！”

住在黎巴嫩，在香柏林中搭窝的啊！有痛苦临到你，像产妇剧痛的时候，你要怎样呻吟呢？”

你這住黎巴嫩、在香柏樹上搭窩的，有痛苦臨到你，好像疼痛臨到產難的婦人，那時你何等可憐！

你這住黎巴嫩、在香柏樹上搭窩的，有痛苦臨到你，如疼痛臨到臨產的婦人，那時你何等可憐！

你這住黎巴嫩、在香柏樹上搭窩的，有痛苦臨到你，如疼痛臨到臨產的婦人，那時你何等可憐！

住在黎巴嫩、安居在香柏木宮殿中的人啊，當婦人分娩般的痛苦臨到你們的時候，你們將怎樣呻吟呢！」

住在黎巴嫩，在香柏林中搭窩的啊！有痛苦臨到你，像產婦劇痛的時候，你要怎樣呻吟呢？”

住利巴嫩、在香柏樹中搭窩的啊，有劇疼要臨到你，像攪絞疼痛臨到生產的婦人，那時你會怎樣唉哼啊！

居利巴嫩、巢於香柏者歟、爾遭難時、若產婦之劬勞、何其可憫、

居利巴嫩人巢於柏香木、爾既臨難、若婦劬勞、豈不哀慘。

爾居利巴嫩、巢於柏香木者、既受痛苦、戰慄如產婦、爾豈不哀慘、爾豈不哀慘或作爾何其可憫

You who live in‘ Lebanon,’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!

Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. You are comfortable in your cedar buildings. But you will groan when pain comes on you. It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!”

You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.

You who live in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when sharp pains come on you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!

O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor?

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when labor pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!

We have heard reports about the enemy, and we wring our hands in fright. Pangs of anguish have gripped us, like those of a woman in labor.

What are you doing, you who have been plundered? Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing and put on gold jewelry? Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara? Your primping will do you no good! The allies who were your lovers despise you and seek to kill you.I hear a cry, like that of a woman in labor, the groans of a woman giving birth to her first child. It is beautiful Jerusalem gasping for breath and crying out,“ Help! I’m being murdered!”

Now this is what the Lord says concerning Judah’s royal palace:“ I love you as much as fruitful Gilead and the green forests of Lebanon. But I will turn you into a desert, with no one living within your walls.

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.

“ You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves. Hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks.

Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people. For they have chosen crooked paths and have forgotten the Lord their God.

Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”“ Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.

You have been deceived by the fear you inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock fortress and control the mountain heights. But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down,” says the Lord.

This is what the Lord says:“ I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace.Now let me ask you a question: Do men give birth to babies? Then why do they stand there, ashen faced, hands pressed against their sides like a woman in labor?

Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message:“ Your home is secure; your nest is set in the rocks.

“ What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.

Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedar forests.Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the most majestic ones have fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, for the thick forests have been cut down.

I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem, that mighty fortress— the people who boast,“ No one can touch us here. No one can break in here.”

But even if you soar as high as eagles and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down,” says the Lord.

“ In those coming days,” says the Lord,“ the people of Israel will return home together with the people of Judah. They will come weeping and seeking the Lord their God.They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

“ Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.