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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.

Shave your head in mourning, and weep alone on the mountains. For the Lord has rejected and forsaken this generation that has provoked his fury.’

Finally, in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign, Samaria fell, and the people of Israel were exiled to Assyria. They were settled in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

The most tender and delicate woman among you— so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot— will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

‘ The time is coming when everything in your palace— all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now— will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.‘ Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.’”

The Lord says,“ Beautiful Zion is haughty: craning her elegant neck, flirting with her eyes, walking with dainty steps, tinkling her ankle bracelets.So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”On that day of judgment the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful: ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,earrings, bracelets, and veils;scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes, perfumes, and charms;rings, jewels,party clothes, gowns, capes, and purses;mirrors, fine linen garments, head ornaments, and shawls.Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink. She will wear a rope for a sash, and her elegant hair will fall out. She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes. Shame will replace her beauty.The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.

You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, for they will be led away into captivity.

Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!

The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.The guilt of my people is greater than that of Sodom, where utter disaster struck in a moment and no hand offered help.Our princes once glowed with health— brighter than snow, whiter than milk. Their faces were as ruddy as rubies, their appearance like fine jewels.But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.

Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.