In that day your enemies will make fun of you by singing this song of despair about you:“ We are finished, completely ruined! God has confiscated our land, taking it from us. He has given our fields to those who betrayed us.”

到那日，必有人向你们提起悲惨的哀歌，讥刺说：‘我们全然败落了！耶和华将我们的份转归别人，何竟使这份离开我们？他将我们的田地分给悖逆的人。’

到那日，必有人为你们唱诗歌，用悲哀的哀歌哀号，说：“我们全然败落，我百姓的产业易主了！耶和华竟然使它离开我，我们的田地为悖逆的人所瓜分了！”

到那日，必有人为你们唱诗歌，用悲哀的哀歌哀号，说：“我们全然败落，我百姓的产业易主了！耶和华竟然使它离开我，我们的田地为悖逆的人所瓜分了！”

到那日，人们要唱哀歌讥讽你们说，‘我们彻底完了，耶和华把我们的产业转给别人。祂竟拿走我们的产业，把田地分给掳掠我们的人。’”

到那日，必有人作歌讽刺你们，唱悲伤的哀歌，说：“我们彻底被毁灭了，我子民分内的产业，他竟转给别人了；他怎可从我这里挪去，把我们的田地分给掳掠我们的人（“分给掳掠我们的人”或译：“分给背道的人”）！”

到那日，必有人向你們提起悲慘的哀歌，譏刺說：我們全然敗落了！耶和華將我們的分轉歸別人，何竟使這分離開我們？他將我們的田地分給悖逆的人。

到那日，必有人為你們唱詩歌，用悲哀的哀歌哀號，說：「我們全然敗落，我百姓的產業易主了！耶和華竟然使它離開我，我們的田地為悖逆的人所瓜分了！」

到那日，必有人為你們唱詩歌，用悲哀的哀歌哀號，說：「我們全然敗落，我百姓的產業易主了！耶和華竟然使它離開我，我們的田地為悖逆的人所瓜分了！」

到那日，人們要唱哀歌譏諷你們說，『我們徹底完了，耶和華把我們的產業轉給別人。祂竟拿走我們的產業，把田地分給擄掠我們的人。』」

到那日，必有人作歌諷刺你們，唱悲傷的哀歌，說：“我們徹底被毀滅了，我子民分內的產業，他竟轉給別人了；他怎可從我這裡挪去，把我們的田地分給擄掠我們的人（“分給擄掠我們的人”或譯：“分給背道的人”）！”

當那日必有人發表嘲弄歌來譏笑你們，必有人唱起悲慘的哀歌，說：『我們徹底被毁滅了；我人民的業分、他竟轉換給人了；他怎樣從我手裏挪去啊！他把我們的田地分給擄掠我們的人了。』

是日也、人將為爾作諷詞、發悲慘之哀歌曰、我儕悉敗、彼移我民之業、使其離我、以我田畝、分予悖逆之人、

當日人將為爾作哀歌、吟悲詞云、我民之業、為他人有、維彼敵人、得我田疇、我儕小民、渝胥以亡、

當是日人將為爾曹作諷歌、為爾曹作悲痛之哀歌云、我儕盡敗亡、敗亡或作衰敗彼使我民之業、為他人所得、使我民之業為他人所得原文作變我民之業使我所有、俱與我離、以我田疇、分予悖逆者、

In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song:‘ We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say,‘ We are totally destroyed. Our enemies have divided up our land. The Lord has taken it away from us! He has given our fields to those who turned against us.’ ”

In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you and moan bitterly, and say,“ We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! To an apostate he allots our fields.”

In that day one will take up a taunt against you and lament mournfully, saying,“ We are totally ruined! He measures out the allotted land of my people. How he removes it from me! He allots our fields to traitors.”

On that day they will take up against you a song of mocking And utter a song of mourning and say,‘ We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:‘ We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’”

In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

In that day one will take up a taunt against you, and lament mournfully, saying,“ We are totally ruined! He measures out the allotted land of my people. How He removes it from me! He allots our fields to traitors.”

In that day shall[ one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation,[ and] say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed[ it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

In that day people will sing this taunt song to you– they will mock you with this lament:‘ We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,‘ We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”

“ But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying,‘ What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You’ve become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?’

The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!

O people of Mareshah, I will bring a conqueror to capture your town. And the leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.

I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.

You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women who mourn at funerals.Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair,‘ We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.’”Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.

This was the message Balaam delivered:“ Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.‘ Come,’ he said,‘ curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel’s doom.’

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied,“ Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;

The few who survived were taken as exiles to Babylon, and they became servants to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.So the message of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

“ I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

The religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus because they realized he was telling the story against them— they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

This was the message Balaam delivered:“ Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.

Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in burlap, you ministers of my God. For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God.

There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will destroy them all,” says the Lord.

until the Lord finally swept them away from his presence, just as all his prophets had warned. So Israel was exiled from their land to Assyria, where they remain to this day.The king of Assyria transported groups of people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and resettled them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the people of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your millstones will fall silent, and the lights in your homes will go out.This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.

This is the message Balaam delivered:“ This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,

The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

Job continued speaking:

Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,

Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted. She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow. Once the queen of all the earth, she is now a slave.She sobs through the night; tears stream down her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one left to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her and become her enemies.Judah has been led away into captivity, oppressed with cruel slavery. She lives among foreign nations and has no place of rest. Her enemies have chased her down, and she has nowhere to turn.The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!Her oppressors have become her masters, and her enemies prosper, for the Lord has punished Jerusalem for her many sins. Her children have been captured and taken away to distant lands.

Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! His chariots are like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles. How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!

you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,“ The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.

Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you,‘ Like mother, like daughter.’

Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession.How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.

If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they don’t know what they’re doing.”

which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.

Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:

and this is the message he delivered:“ This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,

Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.