“ Therefore, listen to this, all you nations. Take note of my people’s situation.

列国啊，因此你们当听！会众啊，要知道他们必遭遇的事。

因此，列国啊，当听！会众啊，要知道他们必遭遇的事。

因此，列国啊，当听！会众啊，要知道他们必遭遇的事。

因此，耶和华说：“列国啊，你们要听！众见证人啊，要知道这些百姓的结局！

列国啊！因此你们要听。以色列会众啊！要晓得他们将遭遇的。

列國啊，因此你們當聽！會眾啊，要知道他們必遭遇的事。

因此，列國啊，當聽！會眾啊，要知道他們必遭遇的事。

因此，列國啊，當聽！會眾啊，要知道他們必遭遇的事。

因此，耶和華說：「列國啊，你們要聽！眾見證人啊，要知道這些百姓的結局！

列國啊！因此你們要聽。以色列會眾啊！要曉得他們將遭遇的。

因此，列國啊，你們要聽！要清楚知道將要來臨的事。

列邦歟、宜聽之、會眾歟、宜知斯民將遇之事、

異邦之人、斯會之眾、宜聽我言、知禍將及。

故異邦人、爾曹當聽、斯會之眾、當知斯民所將遭者、

Therefore hear, you nations; you who are witnesses, observe what will happen to them.

So pay attention, you nations. You are witnesses for me. Watch what will happen to my people.

Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.

Therefore listen, you nations and you witnesses, learn what the charge is against them.

Therefore hear, you nations, And know, you congregation, what is among them.

Therefore hear, you nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them.

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

Therefore listen, you nations and you witnesses, learn what the charge is against them.

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what[ is] among them.

So the LORD said,“ Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.

He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people.“ Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude

Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.

Don’t you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, when I, the Lord, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness.”

“ Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The Lord, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock.

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, the people have been deceived by what you said, for you promised peace for Jerusalem. But the sword is held at their throats!”

“ And all the surrounding nations will ask,‘ Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’“ And the answer will be,‘ This happened because the people of the land abandoned the covenant that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before, gods that were not from the Lord.That is why the Lord’s anger has burned against this land, bringing down on it every curse recorded in this book.In great anger and fury the Lord uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!’