“许多国的百姓经过这城，就彼此谈论说：‘耶和华为何向这大城这样做呢？’

许多国的民要经过这城，各人对邻舍说：‘耶和华为何向这大城如此行呢？’

“许多国的百姓经过这城，就彼此谈论说：‘耶和华为何向这大城这样做呢？’

“各国的人经过这城时都会彼此议论说，‘为什么耶和华这样对待这座大城？’

多国的人必经过这城，彼此发问：‘耶和华为什么这样对待这大城呢？’

「許多國的民要經過這城，各人對鄰舍說：『耶和華為何向這大城如此行呢？』

「許多國的百姓經過這城，就彼此談論說：『耶和華為何向這大城這樣做呢？』

「許多國的百姓經過這城，就彼此談論說：『耶和華為何向這大城這樣做呢？』

「各國的人經過這城時都會彼此議論說，『為什麼耶和華這樣對待這座大城？』

多國的人必經過這城，彼此發問：‘耶和華為甚麼這樣對待這大城呢？’

『「必有許多國的人要經過這城，彼此對問說：『永恆主為甚麼這樣罰辦這個大城呢？』

多邦之人經是邑者、將相語曰、耶和華如是待此大邑、何故、

凡鄰國眾庶、經過是邑、互相告語、曰、耶和華罰此大邑、何為至於若斯。

諸國之人、經過是邑、彼此問曰、主何為待此大邑如此、

“ People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another,‘ Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’

“ People from many nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another,‘ Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’

“‘ And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor,“ Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?”

“ People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another,‘ Why did the Lord destroy such a great city?’

“ Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another,‘ Why did the LORD do such a thing to this great city?’

“ Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another,‘ Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’

And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor,‘ Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

“ Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another,‘ Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

“‘ People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another,“ Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?”

“ Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor,‘ Why has Yahweh done this to this great city?’

这殿虽然崇高，将来凡经过的人必惊讶，嗤笑，说：‘耶和华为何向这地和这殿如此行呢？’人必说：‘因为此地的人离弃领他们祖先出埃及地的耶和华—他们的上帝，去亲近别神，敬拜事奉它们，所以耶和华使这一切灾祸临到他们。’”

我就必把以色列人从我赐给他们的地上连根拔起，也必从我面前舍弃那为我名所分别为圣的殿，使它在万民中成为笑柄，被人讥诮。这殿虽然崇高，将来凡经过的人必惊讶说：‘耶和华为何向这地和这殿如此行呢？’人必说：‘因为此地的人离弃领他们祖先出埃及地的耶和华—他们的上帝，去亲近别神，敬拜事奉它们，所以耶和华使这一切灾祸临到他们。’”

遍地都被硫磺和盐所侵蚀，不能耕种，没有出产，连草都长不出来，好像耶和华在怒气和愤怒中所倾覆的所多玛、蛾摩拉、押玛、洗扁一样，万国必说：‘耶和华为什么向此地这样做呢？为什么要大发烈怒呢？’人必说：‘这是因为这地的人离弃了耶和华—他们列祖的上帝领他们出埃及地的时候与他们所立的约，去事奉别神，敬拜他们所不认识的神明，这是耶和华未曾允许的。

凡过路的都向你拍掌。他们向耶路撒冷嗤笑，摇头：“这就是人称为全美的、称为全地所喜悦的城吗？”你所有的仇敌张口来攻击你；他们嗤笑，切齿，说：“我们把她吞灭了，这是我们所盼望的日子！我们终于等到了，亲眼看见了！”耶和华成就了他所定的，应验了他古时所命定的。他倾覆，并不顾惜，他使仇敌向你夸耀，使你敌人的角高举。

主啊，你是公义的，但我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，并你所赶到各国的以色列众人，不论远近，因为背叛了你，脸上蒙羞，正如今日一样。

“你将这一切的话指示这百姓，他们若问你说：‘耶和华为什么说，要降这大灾祸攻击我们呢？我们有什么罪孽呢？我们向耶和华—我们的上帝犯了什么罪呢？’

地上的君王和世上的居民都不信敌人和仇敌竟能进入耶路撒冷的城门。