So you can be sure I will forget you. I will throw you out of my sight. I will also destroy the city I gave you and your people of long ago.

所以我必全然忘记你们，将你们和我所赐给你们并你们列祖的城撇弃了；

所以，看哪，我必忘记你们，将你们和我所赐给你们并你们祖先的城都撇弃了；

所以，看哪，我必忘记你们，将你们和我所赐给你们并你们祖先的城都撇弃了；

我必彻底忘记你们，把你们和我赐给你们及你们祖先的城邑抛弃。

因此，看哪！我必把你们当作重担举起来（“我必把你们当作重担举起来”或译：“我必定忘记你们”），把你们连同我赐给你们和你们列祖的城都从我面前丢弃。

所以我必全然忘記你們，將你們和我所賜給你們並你們列祖的城撇棄了；

所以，看哪，我必忘記你們，將你們和我所賜給你們並你們祖先的城都撇棄了；

所以，看哪，我必忘記你們，將你們和我所賜給你們並你們祖先的城都撇棄了；

我必徹底忘記你們，把你們和我賜給你們及你們祖先的城邑拋棄。

因此，看哪！我必把你們當作重擔舉起來（“我必把你們當作重擔舉起來”或譯：“我必定忘記你們”），把你們連同我賜給你們和你們列祖的城都從我面前丟棄。

那你就看吧，我一定要把你們跟我所賜給你們和你們列祖的城全然托起，給丟棄掉、離開我面前。

我必盡忘爾、且遺棄爾、及我所錫爾祖與爾之邑、絕於我前、

則我必遐棄爾、與我所錫爾祖及爾之邑、不復眷顧。

則我必遺棄爾、與我所賜爾及爾祖之邑、絕於我前、

Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

therefore, behold, I will surely lift you up and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

I will forget you completely. I will expel you from my presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your ancestors.

I will surely forget you. I will throw you away from my presence— both you and the city that I gave you and your ancestors.

Therefore behold, I will certainly forget you and thrust you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers.

therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence.

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

I will surely forget you and throw away from My presence both you and the city that I gave you and your fathers.

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers,[ and cast you] out of my presence:

So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.

“ Jeremiah, these people might ask you a question. Or a prophet or priest might do this. They might ask,‘ What message have you received from the Lord?’ Then tell them,‘ You ask,“ What message?” Here it is.“ I will desert you,” announces the Lord.’

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

Say,‘ Mountains of Israel, listen to the message of the Lord and King. Here is what he says to the mountains and hills. And here is what he says to the canyons and valleys. He tells them,“ I will send swords to kill your people. I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods.

I will be like a lion to Ephraim. I will attack Judah like a powerful lion. I will tear them to pieces. I will drag them off. Then I will leave them. No one will be able to save them.

I am going to bring a flood on the earth. It will destroy all life under the sky. It will destroy every living creature that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Kill the old men and women, the young men and women, and the children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Start at my temple.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.

Anyone who hates what they are taught will pay for it later. But a person who respects a command will be rewarded.

I will punish him and his children and his attendants. I will punish them for their sinful ways. I will bring on them all the trouble I said I would. And I will bring it on the people of Jerusalem and Judah. They have not listened to me.” ’ ”

But suppose they do have children. Then I will kill every one of them. How terrible it will be for them when I turn away from them!Tyre is planted in a pleasant place. And so is Ephraim. But the Assyrians will kill Ephraim’s children.”Lord, what should you do to Ephraim’s people? Give them women whose babies die before they are born. Give them women whose breasts have no milk.The Lord says,“ My people did many evil things in Gilgal. That is why I hated them there. They committed many sins. So I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them anymore. All their leaders refuse to obey me.Ephraim is like a worthless plant. Its roots are dried up. It does not produce any fruit. Suppose Ephraim’s people have children. Then I will kill the children they love so much.”My God will turn his back on his people. They have not obeyed him. So they will wander among other nations.

My people are destroyed because they do not know me.“ You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

“ Look! I am the One! There is no other God except me. I put some people to death. I bring others to life. I have wounded, and I will heal. No one can save you from my power.

I myself have spoken. I have chosen him to carry out my purpose. I will bring him to Babylon. He will succeed in what I tell him to do.

“ Then he will say to those on his left,‘ You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

So the Lord and King speaks to them. He says,“ I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.

The enemies of Jerusalem and Judah attacked them because the Lord was angry. In the end he threw them out of his land. Zedekiah refused to obey the king of Babylon.

The Lord and King continues,“ Jerusalem, I myself am against you. I will punish you in the sight of the nations.

They will be destroyed forever. They will be shut out of heaven. They will never see the glory of the Lord’s strength.

So the Lord God who rules over all speaks. The God of Israel says,“ Listen! I am going to bring horrible trouble on Judah. I will also bring it on everyone who lives in Jerusalem. I will bring on them every trouble I said I would. I spoke to them. But they did not listen. I called out to them. But they did not answer.”

The Lord says to his people,“ I comfort you because of who I am. Why are you afraid of mere human beings? They are like grass that dries up.

So the Lord says,“ I am about to hand this city over to the armies of Babylon. I will give it to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will capture it.The armies of Babylon are now attacking this city. They will come in and set it on fire. They will burn it down. They will burn down the houses where the people made me very angry. They burned incense on their roofs to the god named Baal. And they poured out drink offerings to other gods.“ The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes. They have done it since the nation was young. In fact, they have done nothing but make me very angry. They have worshiped statues of gods their own hands have made,” announces the Lord.“ This city has always stirred up my great anger. It has done it since the day it was built. Now I must remove it from my sight.The people of Israel and Judah have made me very angry. They have done many evil things. They, their kings and officials have sinned. So have their priests and prophets. And the people of Judah and Jerusalem have also sinned.They turned their backs to me. They would not face me. I taught them again and again. But they would not listen or pay attention when they were corrected.They set up the hateful statues of their gods. They did it in the house where I have put my Name. They made my house‘ unclean.’The people built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. That is where they sacrifice their children to Molek in the fire. That is something I did not command. It did not even enter my mind. They did something I hate. They made Judah sin.”

The Lord and King says,“ I myself will search for my sheep. I will look after them.

But I will throw you out of my land. That is exactly what I did to the people of Ephraim. And they are your relatives.” ’

Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over.

Why do you always forget us? Why have you deserted us for so long?

Don’t send me away from you. Don’t take your Holy Spirit away from me.