Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.

我们的牛驮着满驮，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

我们的牲口驮满货物，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

我们的牲口驮满货物，没有人闯进来抢夺，也没有人出去争战；我们的街市上也没有哭号的声音。

愿我们的牲口驮满货物，我们的城墙固若金汤，无人被掳，街上没有哭叫声。

愿我们的牛群满驮货物；城墙没有缺口，没有人出去争战（“愿我们⋯⋯出去争战”或译：“愿我们的牛群多生多养，没有流产，没有死掉”），在我们的街上也没有呼叫的声音。

我们的牛群满负货物，城墙也没有破口，没有人流亡，我们的广场上也没有哭声。

我們的牛馱着滿馱，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

我們的牲口馱滿貨物，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

我們的牲口馱滿貨物，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去爭戰；我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。

願我們的牲口馱滿貨物，我們的城牆固若金湯，無人被擄，街上沒有哭叫聲。

願我們的牛群滿馱貨物；城牆沒有缺口，沒有人出去爭戰（“願我們⋯⋯出去爭戰”或譯：“願我們的牛群多生多養，沒有流產，沒有死掉”），在我們的街上也沒有呼叫的聲音。

我們的牲口馱着滿馱，沒有人闖進來搶奪，也沒有人出去應戰；我們廣場上也沒有哀號的聲音。

我們的牛群滿負貨物，城牆也沒有破口，沒有人流亡，我們的廣場上也沒有哭聲。

我牛負重、敵不來侵、我不出禦、街衢無號呼兮、

使我牛孳息、我之疆址、敵不能侵、街衢不復喧譁兮。

使我牛群肥壯、使我無傷無失、在街市無哀哭之聲、

暮夜無穿窬。白日無遊騖。街巷無諠囂。井然有秩序。

our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.

may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.

Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.

May our cattle be bred Without mishap and without loss, May there be no outcry in our streets!

That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets.

When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.

[ That] our oxen[ may be] strong to labour;[ that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that[ there be] no complaining in our streets.

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Three groups of soldiers went out from the Philistine camp to attack Israel. One group turned and went toward Ophrah in the area of Shual.Another went toward Beth Horon. The third went toward the border that looked out over the Valley of Zeboim. That valley faces the desert.There weren’t any blacksmiths in the whole land of Israel. That’s because the Philistines had said,“ The Hebrews might hire them to make swords or spears!”So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines. They had to go to them to get their plows, hoes, axes and sickles sharpened.It cost a fourth of an ounce of silver to sharpen a plow or a hoe. It cost an eighth of an ounce to sharpen a pitchfork or an axe. That’s also what it cost to put new tips on the large sticks used to drive oxen.So the Israelite soldiers went out to battle without swords or spears in their hands. That was true for all of Saul’s and Jonathan’s soldiers. Only Saul and his son Jonathan had those weapons.A group of Philistine soldiers had gone out to the pass at Mikmash.

Enemies will rise up against you. But the Lord will help you win the battle over them. They will come at you from one direction. But they’ll run away from you in every direction.

In the streets people will cry out for wine. All joy will turn into sadness. All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.

The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.

The Midianites made the Israelites very poor. So they cried out to the Lord for help.

He continued,“ I will return to Zion. I will live among my people in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City. And my mountain will be called the Holy Mountain.”He continued,“ Once again old men and women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem. All of them will be using canes because they are old.The city streets will be filled with boys and girls. They will be playing there.”

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.’ ”

War came to the city gates. Then God chose new leaders. But no shields or spears were seen anywhere. There weren’t any among 40,000 men in Israel.

The roads to Zion are empty. No one travels to her appointed feasts. All the public places near her gates are deserted. Her priests groan. Her young women are sad. And Zion herself weeps bitterly.Her enemies have become her masters. They have an easy life. The Lord has brought suffering to Jerusalem because her people have committed so many sins. Her children have been taken away as prisoners. Her enemies have forced her people to leave their homes.The city of Zion used to be full of glory. But now her glory has faded away. Her princes are like deer. They can’t find anything to eat. They are almost too weak to get away from those who hunt them down.

If you don’t listen, I will weep in secret. Because you are so proud, I will weep bitterly. Tears will flow from my eyes. The Lord’ s flock will be taken away as prisoners.Speak to the king and his mother. Tell them,“ Come down from your thrones. Your glorious crowns are about to fall from your heads.”The gates of the cities in the Negev Desert will be shut tight. There won’t be anyone to open them. Everyone in Judah will be carried away as prisoners. You will be completely taken away.

“ Judah is filled with sadness. Its cities are wasting away. The people weep for the land. Crying is heard in Jerusalem.

The Israelites who lived along the valley saw that their army had run away. So did those who lived across the Jordan River. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and made their homes in them.

Each year the people planted their crops. When they did, the Midianites came into the country and attacked it. So did the Amalekites and other tribes from the east.