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?

耶路撒冷的民哪，我可用什么向你证明呢？我可用什么与你相比呢？锡安的民哪，我可拿什么和你比较，好安慰你呢？因为你的裂口大如海，谁能医治你呢？

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耶路撒冷啊，我可用什么向你证明呢？我可用什么与你相比呢？少女锡安哪，我拿什么和你比较，好安慰你呢？因你的裂伤大如海；谁能医治你呢？

耶路撒冷啊，我该说什么呢？谁能与你的苦难相比呢？锡安啊，我用什么话语才能安慰你呢？你的伤口深如海洋，谁能医治你呢？

耶路撒冷的居民哪，我怎样向你说明呢？用什么与你比较呢？锡安的居民哪，我们用什么跟你相比，好安慰你呢？你的裂口像海那样大，谁能医治你呢？

耶路撒冷的民哪，我可用甚麼向你證明呢？我可用甚麼與你相比呢？錫安的民哪，我可拿甚麼和你比較，好安慰你呢？因為你的裂口大如海，誰能醫治你呢？

耶路撒冷啊，我可用甚麼向你證明呢？我可用甚麼與你相比呢？少女錫安哪，我拿甚麼和你比較，好安慰你呢？因你的裂傷大如海；誰能醫治你呢？

耶路撒冷啊，我可用甚麼向你證明呢？我可用甚麼與你相比呢？少女錫安哪，我拿甚麼和你比較，好安慰你呢？因你的裂傷大如海；誰能醫治你呢？

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耶路撒冷的居民哪，我怎樣向你說明呢？用甚麼與你比較呢？錫安的居民哪，我們用甚麼跟你相比，好安慰你呢？你的裂口像海那樣大，誰能醫治你呢？

耶路撒冷小姐啊，我可用甚麼與你並列？用甚麼跟你相比呢？錫安人民哪，我可拿甚麼跟你比較，好安慰你呢？你的裂口像海那麼大，誰能醫治你呢？

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What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?

What can I say about you? Who has ever seen such sorrow? O daughter of Jerusalem, to what can I compare your anguish? O virgin daughter of Zion, how can I comfort you? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?

How shall I admonish you? What shall I compare to you, Daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I liken to you as I comfort you, Virgin daughter of Zion? For your collapse is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you?

How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?

What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach[ is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?

With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?נ( Nun)

What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?

Jerusalem also says,“ All you who are passing by, don’t you care about what has happened to me? Just look at my condition. Has anyone suffered the way I have? The Lord has brought all this on me. He has made me suffer. His anger has burned against me.

The Lord says,“ Your wound can’t be cured. Your pain can’t be healed.No one will stand up for you. There isn’t any medicine for your sore. There isn’t any healing for you.All those who were going to help you have forgotten you. They do not care about you. I have struck you as if I were your enemy. I have punished you as if I were very mean. That is because your guilt is so great. You have sinned so much.Why do you cry out about your wound? Your pain can’t be healed. Your guilt is very great. And you have committed many sins. That is why I have done all these things to you.

“ Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them,“‘ Let tears flow from my eyes. Let them pour out night and day. Never let them stop. The people of my own nation have suffered a terrible wound. They have been crushed.

Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?

So David went to Baal Perazim. There he won the battle over the Philistines. He said,“ The Lord has broken through against my enemies when I’ve attacked them. He has broken through just as water breaks through a dam.” That’s why the place was called Baal Perazim.

You have shaken the land and torn it open. Fix its cracks, because it is falling apart.

The warnings you gave us and our rulers have come true. You have brought great trouble on us. Nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever happened anywhere else on earth.

The Lord and King says,“ But I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations against you. They will come in like the waves of the sea.They will destroy your walls. They will pull down your towers. I will clear away the stones of your broken- down buildings. I will turn you into nothing but a bare rock.

Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Weep for it! Get healing lotion for its pain. Perhaps it can be healed.“ The nations say,‘ We would have healed Babylon. But it can’t be healed. So let’s leave it. Let’s each go to our own land. Babylon’s sins reach all the way to the skies. They rise up as high as the heavens.’

So here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord is telling him,“‘ “You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.