So I have begun to strike you down. I have begun to destroy you because you have sinned so much.

因此，我击打你，使你的伤痕甚重，使你因你的罪恶荒凉。

因此，我也击打你，使你受伤，因你的罪恶使你受惊骇。

因此，我也击打你，使你受伤，因你的罪恶使你受惊骇。

所以，我要重重地击打你，因你的罪恶而毁灭你。

因此我击打你，使你生病（“我击打你，使你生病”或参照《七十士译本》和其他古译本作“我开始击打你”），因你的罪恶，使你荒凉。

因此，我擊打你，使你的傷痕甚重，使你因你的罪惡荒涼。

因此，我也擊打你，使你受傷，因你的罪惡使你受驚駭。

因此，我也擊打你，使你受傷，因你的罪惡使你受驚駭。

所以，我要重重地擊打你，因你的罪惡而毀滅你。

因此我擊打你，使你生病（“我擊打你，使你生病”或參照《七十士譯本》和其他古譯本作“我開始擊打你”），因你的罪惡，使你荒涼。

因此我、我也要開始擊打你，使你因你的罪而荒涼。

故我擊爾、俾受重傷、以爾諸罪、使爾寂寞、

我必撲爾、俾爾傷殘、不可醫痊、邑民有罪、必致荒蕪、

故我亦擊爾、傷重不可醫、因爾之諸罪、使爾荒蕪、使爾荒蕪或作毀滅爾

Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.

Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow, making you desolate because of your sins.

“ Therefore, I will wound you! I will bring you to ruin for all your sins.

“ As a result, I have begun to strike you severely, bringing desolation because of your sins.

So also I will make you sick, striking you down, Making you desolate because of your sins.

“ Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, By making you desolate because of your sins.

Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

“ As a result, I have begun to strike you severely, bringing desolation because of your sins.

Therefore also will I make[ thee] sick in smiting thee, in making[ thee] desolate because of thy sins.

I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.

Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

Israel, why do you want to be beaten all the time? Why do you always refuse to obey the Lord? Your head is covered with wounds. Your whole heart is weak.There isn’t a healthy spot on your body. You are not healthy from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head. You have nothing but wounds, cuts and open sores. They haven’t been cleaned up or bandaged or treated with olive oil.Your country has been deserted. Your cities have been burned down. The food from your fields is being eaten up by outsiders. They are doing it right in front of you. Your land has been completely destroyed. It looks as if strangers have taken it over.

“ He sent down fire from heaven. It went deep down into my bones. He spread a net to catch me by the feet. He stopped me right where I was. He made me empty. I am sick all the time.

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.”

Others were foolish. They suffered because of their sins. They suffered because they wouldn’t obey the Lord.They refused to eat anything. They came close to passing through the gates of death.

He has dragged me off the path. He has torn me to pieces. And he has left me helpless.

The people of Ephraim will be completely destroyed when it is time for me to punish them. They can be sure it will happen. I am announcing it among their tribes.

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will it be like that?” He answered,“ It will last until the cities of Israel are destroyed. It will last until no one is living in them. It will last until the houses are deserted. The fields will be completely destroyed.

He will send all kinds of sicknesses on you. He’ll send them until he has destroyed you. He’ll remove you from the land you are entering to take as your own.The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.

Suppose I go into the country. Then I see people who have been killed by swords. Or suppose I go into the city. Then I see people who have died of hunger. Prophet and priest alike have gone to a land they hadn’t known about before.’ ”

Right away an angel of the Lord struck Herod down. Herod had not given praise to God. So he was eaten by worms and died.

Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.

Someone might be punished by suffering in bed. The pain in their bones might never go away.They might feel so bad they can’t eat anything. They might even hate the finest food.Their body might waste away to nothing. Their bones might have been hidden. But now they stick out.They might approach the very edge of the grave. The messengers of death might come for them.