Nineveh, a king has marched out from you. He makes evil plans against the Lord. He thinks about how he can do what is wrong.

有一人从你那里出来，图谋邪恶，设恶计攻击耶和华。

有一人从你那里出来，图谋邪恶，设恶计攻击耶和华。

有一人从你那里出来，图谋邪恶，设恶计攻击耶和华。

你们当中有一个人，一个邪恶的阴谋者，图谋抵挡耶和华。

有人从你那里出来，就是筹划奸恶的人，图谋恶事攻击耶和华。

有一人從你那裏出來，圖謀邪惡，設惡計攻擊耶和華。

有一人從你那裏出來，圖謀邪惡，設惡計攻擊耶和華。

有一人從你那裏出來，圖謀邪惡，設惡計攻擊耶和華。

你們當中有一個人，一個邪惡的陰謀者，圖謀抵擋耶和華。

有人從你那裡出來，就是籌劃奸惡的人，圖謀惡事攻擊耶和華。

有一個人出於你中間，計謀毁壞之事來反抗永恆主，籌劃極惡的毁滅。

有一人焉、自爾而出、向耶和華圖奸惡、謀不軌、

尼尼微謀士、惟惡是作、專行不軌、悖逆耶和華、

惟爾尼尼微、邪謬之議士、由爾中出、所謀惟惡、欲攻擊主、

From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.

Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the Lord?

One has gone out from you, who plots evil against the LORD, and is a wicked counselor.

From you has gone out One who plotted evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

One has gone out from you, who plots evil against Yahweh, and is a wicked counselor.

There is[ one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

There is one gone out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

The Lord will put an end to anything they plan against him. He won’t allow Assyria to win the battle over his people a second time.

Some worthless and evil men gathered around him. They opposed Solomon’s son Rehoboam. At that time Rehoboam was young. He couldn’t make up his mind. He wasn’t strong enough to stand up against those men.

Who have you laughed at? Who have you spoken evil things against? Who have you raised your voice against? Who have you looked at so proudly? You have done it against me. I am the Holy One of Israel!Through your messengers you have dared to make fun of the Lord. And you have said,“ I have many chariots. With them I have gone to the tops of the mountains. I’ve climbed the highest mountains in Lebanon. I’ve cut down its tallest cedar trees. I’ve cut down the best of its juniper trees. I’ve reached its farthest parts. I’ve reached its finest forests.I’ve dug wells in strange lands. I’ve drunk the water from them. I’ve walked through all of Egypt’s streams. I’ve dried up every one of them.”“‘ But I, the Lord, say,“ Haven’t you heard what I have done? Long ago I arranged for you to do all of that. In days of old I planned it. Now I have made it happen. You have turned cities with high walls into piles of stone.

Eli’s sons were good for nothing. They didn’t honor the Lord.

But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.‘ Aren’t all my commanders kings?’ he says.‘ I took over Kalno just as I took Carchemish. I took over Hamath just as I did Arpad. I took Samaria just as I did Damascus.My powerful hand grabbed hold of kingdoms whose people worship statues of gods. They had more gods than Jerusalem and Samaria did.I took over Samaria and its statues of gods. In the same way, I will take Jerusalem and its gods.’ ”The Lord will finish everything he has planned to do against Mount Zion and Jerusalem. Then he’ll say,“ Now I will punish the king of Assyria. I will punish him because his heart and his eyes are so proud.The king of Assyria says,“‘ By my power I have taken over all these nations. I am very wise. I have great understanding. I have wiped out the borders between nations. I’ve taken their treasures. Like a great hero I’ve brought their kings under my control.I’ve taken the wealth of the nations. It was as easy as reaching into a bird’s nest. I’ve gathered the riches of all these countries. It was as easy as gathering eggs that have been left in a nest. Not a single baby bird flapped its wings. Not one of them opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”Does an ax claim to be more important than the person who swings it? Does a saw brag that it is better than the one who uses it? That would be like a stick swinging the person who picks it up! It would be like a war club waving the one who carries it!

Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord. Don’t believe him when he says,“ You can be sure that the Lord will save us. This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” ’

Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He’s telling you lies. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my power. No god has been able to save his people from the power of the kings who ruled before me. So your god won’t save you from my power either!’ ”Sennacherib’s officers spoke even more things against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.The king also wrote letters against the Lord. His letters made fun of the God of Israel. They said,“ The peoples of other lands have their gods. But those gods didn’t save their people from my power. So the god of Hezekiah won’t save his people from my power either.”Then the officers called out in the Hebrew language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall. They were trying to scare them and make them afraid. That’s because they wanted to capture the city.They were comparing the God of Jerusalem to the gods of the other nations of the world. But those gods were only statues. They had been made by human hands.

Sennacherib attacked and captured all the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. It was in the 14th year of the rule of Hezekiah. Sennacherib was king of Assyria.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent a message to the king of Assyria at Lachish. Hezekiah said,“ I have done what is wrong. Pull your troops back from me. Then I’ll pay you anything you ask me to.” The king of Assyria forced Hezekiah, the king of Judah, to give him 11 tons of silver. Hezekiah also had to give him one ton of gold.

An evil man who always stirred up trouble happened to be in Gilgal. His name was Sheba, the son of Bikri. Sheba was from the tribe of Benjamin. He blew his trumpet. Then he shouted,“ We don’t have any share in David’s kingdom! Jesse’s son is not our king! Men of Israel, every one of you go back home!”