“ I am the Lord. I say,“‘ Cries of fear are heard. There is terror. There isn’t any peace.

耶和华如此说：“我们听见声音，是战抖惧怕而不平安的声音。

耶和华如此说：“我们听见颤抖的声音，令人惧怕，没有平安。

耶和华如此说：“我们听见颤抖的声音，令人惧怕，没有平安。

耶和华说：“我听见惊恐不安的喊叫声。

“耶和华这样说：‘我听见了战栗喊叫的声音，一片恐慌，没有平安。

耶和華如此說：我們聽見聲音，是戰抖懼怕而不平安的聲音。

耶和華如此說：「我們聽見顫抖的聲音，令人懼怕，沒有平安。

耶和華如此說：「我們聽見顫抖的聲音，令人懼怕，沒有平安。

耶和華說：「我聽見驚恐不安的喊叫聲。

“耶和華這樣說：‘我聽見了戰慄喊叫的聲音，一片恐慌，沒有平安。

『永恆主這麼說：我們聽見了令人發抖的聲音；只有恐懼，沒有平安。

耶和華曰、我聞戰慄驚恐之聲、非平康之聲、

惟聞戰慄恐懼之聲、不聞歡樂之聲。

主如是云、惟聞戰慄之聲、各處驚惶、毫無平康、

“ This is what the Lord says:“‘ Cries of fear are heard— terror, not peace.

“ Thus says the Lord: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.

This is what the Lord says:“ I hear cries of fear; there is terror and no peace.

This is what the LORD says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread— there is no peace.

“ For this is what the Lord says:‘ I have heard a sound of terror, Of fear, and there is no peace.

“ For thus says the Lord:‘ We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.

For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Yes, this is what the Lord says: We have heard a cry of terror, of dread— there is no peace.

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Yes, here is what he says:“ You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight.

For Yahweh says:“ We have heard a voice of trembling; a voice of fear, and not of peace.

The Lord God rules over all. The Lord says,“ People will weep in all the streets. They will be very sad in every market place. Even farmers will be told to cry loudly. People will mourn for the dead.Workers will cry in all the vineyards. That’s because I will punish you,” says the Lord.How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

At that time the enemy army will roar over Israel. It will sound like the roaring of the ocean. If someone looks at the land of Israel, there is only darkness and trouble. The clouds will make even the sun become dark.

What do I see? The Egyptians are terrified. They are pulling back. Their soldiers are losing. They run away as fast as they can. They do not look back. There is terror on every side,” announces the Lord.

A voice is speaking all the way from the city of Dan. From the hills of Ephraim it announces that trouble is coming.“ Tell the nations. Make an announcement concerning Jerusalem. Say,‘ An army will attack Judah. It is coming from a land far away. It will shout a war cry against the cities of Judah.It will surround them like people who guard a field. Judah has refused to obey me,’ ” announces the Lord.“ The army will attack you because of your conduct and actions. This is how you will be punished. It will be so bitter! It will cut deep down into your hearts!”I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.One trouble follows another. The whole land is destroyed. In an instant my tents are gone. My home disappears in a moment.

“ At that time people at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem will cry out,” announces the Lord.“ So will those at the New Quarter. The buildings on the hills will come crashing down with a loud noise.Cry out, you who live in the market places. All your merchants will be wiped out. Those who trade in silver will be destroyed.

People are heard weeping in Zion. They are saying,“ We are destroyed! We are filled with shame! We must leave our land. Our houses have been torn down.”

The time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’It is written,“‘ The people will say to the mountains,“ Fall on us!” They’ll say to the hills,“ Cover us!” ’( Hosea 10:8)

Listen to the cries of my people from a land far away. They cry out,“ Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t its King there anymore?” The Lord says,“ Why have they made me so angry by worshiping their wooden gods? Why have they made me angry with their worthless statues of gods from other lands?”

All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.

Listen to the cries of the shepherds. Hear the weeping of the leaders of the flock. The Lord is destroying their grasslands.

He approached Jerusalem. When he saw the city, he began to weep.He said,“ I wish you had known today what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.The days will come when your enemies will arrive. They will build a wall of dirt up against your city. They will surround you and close you in on every side.You didn’t recognize the time when God came to you. So your enemies will smash you to the ground. They will destroy you and all the people inside your walls. They will not leave one stone on top of another.”

“ There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. The nations of the earth will be in terrible pain. They will be puzzled by the roaring and tossing of the sea.Terror will make people faint. They will be worried about what is happening in the world. The sun, moon and stars will be shaken from their places.

The Lord says,“ A voice is heard in Ramah. It is the sound of weeping and deep sadness. Rachel is weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are gone.”The Lord says,“ Do not weep anymore. Do not let tears fall from your eyes. I will reward you for your work,” announces the Lord.“ Your children will return from the land of the enemy.

Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are mean. They do not show any mercy at all. They come riding in on their horses. They sound like the roaring ocean. They are lined up for battle. They are marching out to attack you, city of Zion.”We have heard reports about them. And our hands can’t help us. We are suffering greatly. It’s like the pain of a woman having a baby.Don’t go out to the fields. Don’t walk on the roads. Our enemies have swords. And there is terror on every side.

I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning. I will turn all your songs into weeping. You will have to wear the clothing of sadness. You will shave your heads. I will make you mourn as if your only son had died. The end of that time will be like a bitter day.”