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!’

因为日子要到，人必说：‘不生育的，和未曾怀胎的，未曾乳养婴孩的，有福了！’

因为日子将到，人要说：‘不生育的、未曾怀孕的，和未曾哺乳孩子的有福了！’

因为日子将到，人要说：‘不生育的、未曾怀孕的，和未曾哺乳孩子的有福了！’

因为日子快到了，人们将说，‘不曾生育、不曾怀孕、不曾哺乳的女子有福了！’

日子将到，人必说：‘不生育的和没有怀过胎的，也没有哺养过婴儿的有福了。’

看，日子将要来到，那时人们会说：‘不能生育、没有怀过胎和没有乳养过婴儿的，是蒙福的！’

因為日子要到，人必說：『不生育的，和未曾懷胎的，未曾乳養嬰孩的，有福了！』

因為日子將到，人要說：『不生育的、未曾懷孕的，和未曾哺乳孩子的有福了！』

因為日子將到，人要說：『不生育的、未曾懷孕的，和未曾哺乳孩子的有福了！』

因為日子快到了，人們將說，『不曾生育、不曾懷孕、不曾哺乳的女子有福了！』

日子將到，人必說：‘不生育的和沒有懷過胎的，也沒有哺養過嬰兒的有福了。’

因為日子必到，你就看吧，那時人必說：「那不能生育的、那沒有生產過的胎、沒有乳養過的胸、有福啊！」

看，日子將要來到，那時人們會說：『不能生育、沒有懷過胎和沒有乳養過嬰兒的，是蒙福的！』

蓋日將至、人必曰、未妊者、未產者、未哺乳者、福矣、

日至、人必曰、未妊之婦、未產之胎、未哺之乳福矣、

蓋日將至、人必曰、未懷孕者、未生產者、未哺乳者、福矣、

蓋來日人將曰：「未妊之婦、未產之胎、未哺之乳、斯為福矣。」

For the time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

For behold, the days are coming when they will say,‘ Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

For the days are coming when they will say,‘ Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’

Look, the days are coming when they will say,‘ Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!’

For behold, days are coming when they will say,‘ Blessed are those who cannot bear, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have not nursed.’

For indeed the days are coming in which they will say,‘ Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’

For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

Look, the days are coming when they will say,‘ The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed[ are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘ Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’

For behold, the days are coming in which they will say,‘ Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers!

How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers! There will be terrible suffering in the land. There will be great anger against those people.Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles come to an end.

The people of Samaria must pay for their sins. They have refused to obey me. They will be killed by swords. Their little children will be smashed on the ground. Their pregnant women will be ripped wide open.”

How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers!Pray that this will not happen in winter.Those days will be worse than any others from the time God created the world until now. And there will never be any like them again.

Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.There may be a gentle and caring man among you. But he will treat his own brother badly. He’ll be just as mean to the wife he loves and to any of his children who are still alive.He won’t give to a single one of them any part of the dead bodies of his children that he’s eating. It will be all he has left to eat. That’s how much your enemies will make you suffer when they surround all your cities and attack them.There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.

But suppose they do have children. Then I will kill every one of them. How terrible it will be for them when I turn away from them!Tyre is planted in a pleasant place. And so is Ephraim. But the Assyrians will kill Ephraim’s children.”Lord, what should you do to Ephraim’s people? Give them women whose babies die before they are born. Give them women whose breasts have no milk.The Lord says,“ My people did many evil things in Gilgal. That is why I hated them there. They committed many sins. So I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them anymore. All their leaders refuse to obey me.Ephraim is like a worthless plant. Its roots are dried up. It does not produce any fruit. Suppose Ephraim’s people have children. Then I will kill the children they love so much.”