Now many nations have gathered against you.“ Let her be desecrated,” they say.“ Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.”

现在有许多国的民聚集攻击你，说：“愿锡安被玷污！愿我们亲眼见她遭报！”

现在，许多国家聚集攻击你，说：“让锡安被玷污！让我们亲眼看到！”

现在，许多国家聚集攻击你，说：“让锡安被玷污！让我们亲眼看到！”

现在许多国家一起来攻击你们，说：“愿锡安遭蹂躏，我们要看着锡安被毁灭。”

现在多国的民集合起来，攻击你，说：‘愿锡安被蹂躏，愿我们亲眼看见锡安遭报应。’”

現在有許多國的民聚集攻擊你，說：願錫安被玷污！願我們親眼見她遭報！

現在，許多國家聚集攻擊你，說：「讓錫安被玷污！讓我們親眼看到！」

現在，許多國家聚集攻擊你，說：「讓錫安被玷污！讓我們親眼看到！」

現在許多國家一起來攻擊你們，說：「願錫安遭蹂躪，我們要看著錫安被毀滅。」

現在多國的民集合起來，攻擊你，說：‘願錫安被蹂躪，願我們親眼看見錫安遭報應。’”

現在聚集來攻擊你的有許多國的人，就是那些說：『願錫安被戰事蹂躪玷污，願我們親眼見到她遭報』的。

今有多國集而攻爾、曰、願彼被污、願我目睹所欲臨於錫安者、

列邦之民和會、環攻乎爾、彼云願郇邑污衊、為我目睹、

今多國之民、和會攻擊爾、彼云、願郇邑被污穢、願我目睹郇邑遭難、

But now many nations are gathered against you. They say,“ Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

But now many nations have gathered together to attack you. They say,“ Let Jerusalem be made‘ unclean.’ We want to laugh when Zion suffers!”

Now many nations are assembled against you, saying,“ Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

Many nations have now assembled against you; they say,“ Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say,‘ Let her be defiled, And let our eyes gloat over Zion!’

Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say,“ Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.”

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

Many nations have now assembled against you; they say,“ Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Many nations have now assembled against you. They say,“ Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”

Now many nations have assembled against you, that say,“ Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion.”

“ You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune. You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble.

That is why the Lord’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the Lord’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken.Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.

Then my enemies will see that the Lord is on my side. They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,“ So where is the Lord— that God of yours?” With my own eyes I will see their downfall; they will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channelsand sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.

I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession, for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land.They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.“ What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.“ But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia, a nation far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!”Say to the nations far and wide:“ Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.Come quickly, all you nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley.” And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!“ Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the Lord, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all.Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.”Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying,“ Is this the city called‘ Most Beautiful in All the World’ and‘ Joy of All the Earth’?”All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say,“ We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”

So on January 15, during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.