But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

有人从那里经过，不料，他没有了；我也寻找他，却寻不着。

有人从那里经过，看哪，他已不存在，我寻找他，却寻不着了。

有人从那里经过，看哪，他已不存在，我寻找他，却寻不着了。

再一看，他已经消失得无影无踪，无处可寻。

但他很快就消逝，不再存在了；我寻找他，却找不到。

但他很快就消逝了，看哪，他不复存在！虽然我寻找他，却找不到。

有人從那裏經過，不料，他沒有了；我也尋找他，卻尋不着。

有人從那裏經過，看哪，他已不存在，我尋找他，卻尋不着了。

有人從那裏經過，看哪，他已不存在，我尋找他，卻尋不着了。

再一看，他已經消失得無影無蹤，無處可尋。

但他很快就消逝，不再存在了；我尋找他，卻找不到。

我從那裏經過，啊，已經沒有了；我尋找他，卻找不着。

但他很快就消逝了，看哪，他不復存在！雖然我尋找他，卻找不到。

或經其地、彼已烏有、我尋覓之、不得見兮、

曾幾何時、其人已非、不得其所兮。

忽然滅沒、歸於無有、我尋覓之、亦不見矣、

旋復經其宅。蕭條不見人。

but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.

But he soon passed away and was gone. Even though I looked for him, I couldn’t find him.

But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Then I passed by and noticed he was gone; I searched for him, but he could not be found.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he[ was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.

“ The enemy boasted,‘ I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens and their heads touch the clouds,yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask,‘ Where are they?’They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night.Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again.Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust.“ They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness, letting it melt under their tongue.They savored it, holding it long in their mouths.But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach.They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down.They will suck the poison of cobras. The viper will kill them.They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey.They will give back everything they worked for. Their wealth will bring them no joy.For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.“ In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.May God give them a bellyful of trouble. May God rain down his anger upon them.When they try to escape an iron weapon, a bronze tipped arrow will pierce them.The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them.Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour their goods, consuming all they have left.The heavens will reveal their guilt, and the earth will testify against them.A flood will sweep away their house. God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.”

But look! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.He will cut down the forest trees with an ax. Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.

When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and charioteers rushed into the sea, the Lord brought the water crashing down on them. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground!

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night.The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague.Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!

The people gave him a great ovation, shouting,“ It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.