To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

人将世上被囚的踹在脚下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在脚下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在脚下，

将囚犯踩在脚下，

人把地上所有被囚的，都践踏在脚下，

人將世上被囚的踹在腳下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在腳下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在腳下，

將囚犯踩在腳下，

人把地上所有被囚的，都踐踏在腳下，

人將國中被囚的都壓在腳下，

足踐世之獄囚、

蹂躪俘囚、罔上陷人、屈害平民者、俱主所不悅兮。

足踐世間被囚者、

To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

Every time people crush prisoners under their feet, the Lord knows all about it.

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,

If people crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one’s feet,

To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the land,

To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one’s feet,

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

This is what your sovereign master, the LORD your God, says:“ Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘ Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

You will say to the prisoners,‘ Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘ Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

For the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says,‘ Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’“ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.”The person who lives in Zion says,“ May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives.” Jerusalem says,“ May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people.”Therefore the LORD says,“ I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,

The LORD who rules over all says,“ The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free.But the one who will rescue them is strong. He is known as the LORD who rules over all. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia.

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’

“ The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.