The children you enjoy so much will be taken away as prisoners. So shave your heads and mourn. Make them as bare as the head of a vulture.

犹大啊，要为你所喜爱的儿女剪除你的头发，使头光秃，要大大地光秃，如同秃鹰，因为他们都被掳去离开你。

犹大啊，为了你所喜爱的儿女，你要剪发，剃光头，要使你的头光秃，如同秃鹰，因为他们被掳去离开你了。

犹大啊，为了你所喜爱的儿女，你要剪发，剃光头，要使你的头光秃，如同秃鹰，因为他们被掳去离开你了。

犹大人啊，你们要剃光头发，为你们所爱的儿女悲伤；要剃得如秃鹰一样光秃，因为他们要被掳到远方。

犹大啊！为你所喜爱的儿女，你要剃头，使你的头光秃，完全光秃如同秃鹰；因为他们都从你那里被掳去了。

猶大啊，要為你所喜愛的兒女剪除你的頭髮，使頭光禿，要大大地光禿，如同禿鷹，因為他們都被擄去離開你。

猶大啊，為了你所喜愛的兒女，你要剪髮，剃光頭，要使你的頭光禿，如同禿鷹，因為他們被擄去離開你了。

猶大啊，為了你所喜愛的兒女，你要剪髮，剃光頭，要使你的頭光禿，如同禿鷹，因為他們被擄去離開你了。

猶大人啊，你們要剃光頭髮，為你們所愛的兒女悲傷；要剃得如禿鷹一樣光禿，因為他們要被擄到遠方。

猶大啊！為你所喜愛的兒女，你要剃頭，使你的頭光禿，完全光禿如同禿鷹；因為他們都從你那裡被擄去了。

猶大啊，為你的嬌麗兒女剪髮、使其頭光禿哦；使你的光禿大如禿鷹哦；因為他們都必流亡而離開你。

爾其自髠、為爾所悅之子女而剪髮、首童若鷹、以其被虜而離爾焉、

猶大地乎、爾之愛子、為人俘囚、故當去爾髮、童爾首、與神鷹無異。

爾當為爾愛子除髮、使爾首禿而哀哭、使爾首大禿、與禿鷹禿鷹或作鷲鳥無異、因爾愛子被擄離爾去、

Shave your head in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourself as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.

Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.

Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow, for the children you love will be snatched away. Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile.

Shave yourself bald, yes, cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.

Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of your precious children; Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity.

Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile.

Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.

Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture; for they have gone into captivity from you!

The Lord who rules over all called out to you at that time. The Lord told you to weep and cry. He told you to tear your hair out. And he told you to put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad.

After Job heard all these reports, he got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped the Lord.

The Lord says to the people of Jerusalem,“ Cut off your hair. Throw it away. Sing a song of sadness on the bare hilltops. I am very angry with you. I have turned my back on you. I have deserted you.

Finally, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. It was in the ninth year of Hoshea. The king of Assyria took the Israelites away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.

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.

‘ You can be sure the time will come when everything in your palace will be carried off to Babylon. Everything the kings before you have stored up until this day will be taken away. There will not be anything left,’ says the Lord.‘ Some of the members of your family line will be taken away. They will be your own flesh and blood. They will include the children who will be born into your family line. And they will serve the king of Babylon in his palace.’ ”

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.”At that time the Lord will take away the beautiful things they wear. He will take away their decorations, headbands and moon- shaped necklaces.He’ll take away their earrings, bracelets and veils.He’ll remove their headdresses, anklets and belts. He’ll take away their perfume bottles and charms.He’ll remove the rings they wear on their fingers and in their noses.He’ll take away their fine robes and their capes and coats. He’ll take away their pursesand mirrors. And he’ll take away their linen clothes, turbans and shawls.Instead of smelling sweet, the women will smell bad. Instead of wearing belts, they will wear ropes. Instead of having beautiful hair, they won’t have any hair at all. Instead of wearing fine clothes, they’ll wear rough clothes to show how sad they are. Instead of being beautiful, on their bodies they’ll have the marks of their owners.Jerusalem, your men will be killed by swords. Your soldiers will die in battle.The city of Zion will be very sad. Like a widow, she will lose everything. She will sit on the ground and mourn.

I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning. I will turn all your songs into weeping. You will have to wear the clothing of sadness. You will shave your heads. I will make you mourn as if your only son had died. The end of that time will be like a bitter day.”

The people of Dibon go up to their temple to worship. They go to their high places to weep. The people of Moab cry over the cities of Nebo and Medeba. All their heads are shaved. All their beards have been cut off.

You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.

My people, put on the clothes of sadness. Roll among the ashes. Mourn with bitter weeping just as you would mourn for an only son. The one who is going to destroy us will come suddenly.

Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore royal clothes are now lying on piles of trash.My people have been punished more than Sodom was. It was destroyed in a moment. No one offered it a helping hand.Jerusalem’s princes were brighter than snow. They were whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies. They looked like lapis lazuli.But now they are blacker than coal. No one even recognizes them in the streets. Their skin is wrinkled on their bones. It has become as dry as a stick.

“ Important and unimportant people alike will die in this land. Their bodies will not be buried. No one will mourn for them. No one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.