I will destroy the city of Zion, even though it is very beautiful.

那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子，我必剪除。

那秀美娇嫩的锡安，我必剪除。

那秀美娇嫩的锡安，我必剪除。

我要毁灭美丽娇弱的锡安城。

美丽高贵的锡安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”），我必除灭你们。

那秀美嬌嫩的錫安女子，我必剪除。

那秀美嬌嫩的錫安，我必剪除。

那秀美嬌嫩的錫安，我必剪除。

我要毀滅美麗嬌弱的錫安城。

美麗高貴的錫安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”），我必除滅你們。

錫安小姐是不是像青綠的草場，

美麗嬌嬈之錫安女、我必殄滅之、

郇邑雖美、甚有容儀、我命翦滅。

郇邑邑原文作女若美麗纖弱之女、我命殲滅、

I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.

The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.

O Jerusalem, you are my beautiful and delicate daughter— but I will destroy you!

Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy Daughter Zion.

The beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will destroy.

I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy Daughter Zion.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate[ woman].

I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.

I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.

The city of Zion is left like a shed where someone stands guard in a vineyard. It is left like a hut in a cucumber field. It’s like a city being attacked.

I hear a cry like the cry of a woman having a baby. I hear a groan like someone having her first child. It’s the cry of the people of Zion struggling to breathe. They reach out their hands and say,“ Help us! We’re fainting! Murderers are about to kill us!”

See how the Lord covered the city of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He threw Israel’s glory down from heaven to earth. When he was angry, he turned his back on his own city.

City of Jerusalem, what can I say about you? What can I compare you to? People of Zion, what are you like? I want to comfort you. Your wound is as deep as the ocean. Who can heal you?

The Lord continues,“ The women in Zion are very proud. They walk along with their noses in the air. They tease men with their eyes. They sway their hips as they walk along. Little chains jingle on their ankles.So I will put sores on the heads of Zion’s women. And I will remove the hair from their heads.”