You have shaken the land and torn it open. Fix its cracks, because it is falling apart.

你使地震动，而且崩裂；求你将裂口医好，因为地摇动。

你使地震动，崩裂；求你将裂口补好，因为地在摇动。

你使地震动，崩裂；求你将裂口补好，因为地在摇动。

你震动大地，将它撕裂。求你修补裂口，因为它要塌陷了。

你使地震动、崩裂，求你修补裂缝，因为地正在摇动。

你使大地震动、裂开；求你修复裂口，因为大地在摇动。

你使地震動，而且崩裂；求你將裂口醫好，因為地搖動。

你使地震動，崩裂；求你將裂口補好，因為地在搖動。

你使地震動，崩裂；求你將裂口補好，因為地在搖動。

你震動大地，將它撕裂。求你修補裂口，因為它要塌陷了。

你使地震動、崩裂，求你修補裂縫，因為地正在搖動。

你使地震動，又崩裂；求你將裂口治好；因為地在搖動呢。

你使大地震動、裂開；求你修復裂口，因為大地在搖動。

爾使地震、而破裂之、因其顫動、祈治其缺兮、

地震崩裂、爾之使然、地維搖撼、求爾彌縫其缺兮。

主使地震動崩裂、地已搖撼、求主彌地之缺陷、

You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.

You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.

You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its cracks, for it sways.

You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.

But they make themselves humble in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people.

Weeping is the only sound in Moab. It is heard on all its roofs. It is heard in the market. I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,” announces the Lord.

The people say,“ Come. Let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces. But he will heal us. He has wounded us. But he’ll bandage our wounds.

The moon will shine like the sun. And the sunlight will be seven times brighter than usual. It will be like the light of seven full days. That will happen when the Lord bandages and heals the wounds and bruises he has brought on his people.

“ Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them,“‘ Let tears flow from my eyes. Let them pour out night and day. Never let them stop. The people of my own nation have suffered a terrible wound. They have been crushed.

I looked at the mountains. They were shaking. All the hills were swaying.

At that moment the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook. The rocks split.

“ The earth trembled and shook. The pillars of the heavens rocked back and forth. They trembled because the Lord was angry.

When he looks at the earth, it trembles. When he touches the mountains, they pour out smoke.

Abner, the son of Ner, was commander of Saul’s army. Abner had brought Saul’s son Ish- Bosheth to Mahanaim.There Abner made Ish- Bosheth king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel. He also made him king over Ephraim, Benjamin and other areas of Israel.Ish- Bosheth was 40 years old when he became king over Israel. He ruled for two years. But the people of Judah remained faithful to David.David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.Abner, the son of Ner, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. The men of Ish- Bosheth, the son of Saul, went with him.Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and David’s men also went out. All of them met at the pool in Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool. The other group sat on the other side.Then Abner said to Joab,“ Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight. Let’s tell them to fight hand to hand in front of us.”“ All right. Let them do it,” Joab said.So the young men stood up and were counted off. There were 12 on the side of Benjamin and Saul’s son Ish- Bosheth. And there were 12 on David’s side.Each man grabbed one of his enemies by the head. Each one stuck his dagger into the other man’s side. And all of them fell down together and died. So that place in Gibeon was named Helkath Hazzurim.The fighting that day was very heavy. Abner and the Israelites lost the battle to David’s men.The three sons of Zeruiah were there. Their names were Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Asahel was as quick on his feet as a wild antelope.He chased Abner. He didn’t turn to the right or the left as he chased him.Abner looked behind him. He asked,“ Asahel, is that you?”“ It is,” he answered.Then Abner said to him,“ Turn to the right or the left. Fight one of the young men. Take his weapons away from him.” But Asahel wouldn’t stop chasing him.Again Abner warned Asahel,“ Stop chasing me! If you don’t, I’ll strike you down. Then how could I look your brother Joab in the face?”But Asahel refused to give up the chase. So Abner drove the dull end of his spear into Asahel’s stomach. The spear came out through his back. He fell and died right there on the spot. Every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.But Joab and Abishai chased Abner. As the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah. It was near Giah on the way to the dry and empty land close to Gibeon.The men of Benjamin gathered in a group around Abner. They took their stand on top of a hill.Abner called out to Joab,“ Do you want our swords to keep on killing us off? Don’t you know that all this fighting will end in bitter feelings? How long will it be before you order your men to stop chasing their fellow Israelites?”Joab answered,“ It’s a good thing you spoke up. If you hadn’t, the men would have kept on chasing them until morning. And that’s just as sure as God is alive.”So Joab blew a trumpet. All the troops stopped. They didn’t chase Israel anymore. They didn’t fight anymore either.All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah Valley. They went across the Jordan River. All morning long they kept on going. Finally, they came to Mahanaim.Then Joab stopped chasing Abner. He gathered together the whole army. Besides Asahel, only 19 of David’s men were missing.But David’s men had killed 360 men from Benjamin who were with Abner.They got Asahel’s body and buried it in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night. They arrived at Hebron at sunrise.

So the Lord is angry with his people. He raises his hand against them and strikes them down. The mountains shake. The bodies of dead people lie in the streets like trash. Even then, the Lord is still angry. His hand is still raised against them.

The capital of Aram is Damascus. And the ruler of Damascus is only Rezin. Do not worry about the people of Ephraim. They will be too crushed to be considered a people. That will happen before 65 years are over.

Ish- Bosheth didn’t dare to say another word to Abner. He was much too afraid of him.Then Abner sent messengers to David to speak for him. They said,“ Who will rule over this land? Make a covenant with me. Then I’ll help you bring all the Israelites over to your side.”“ Good,” said David.“ I will make a covenant with you. But there’s one thing I want you to do. Bring Saul’s daughter Michal to me. Don’t come to see me unless she’s with you.”Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ish- Bosheth. He ordered them to say,“ Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me. I paid for her the price that was demanded. I paid for her with the skins of 100 circumcised Philistines.”

He wounds. But he also bandages up those he wounds. He harms. But his hands also heal those he harms.

He shakes the earth loose from its place. He makes its pillars tremble.

But I will make you healthy again. I will heal your wounds,” announces the Lord.“ That’s because you have been thrown out. You are called Zion, the one no one cares about.”

The Lord says,“ In a little while I will shake the heavens and the earth once more. I will also shake the ocean and the dry land.I will shake all the nations. Then what is desired by all nations will come to my temple. And I will fill the temple with glory,” says the Lord who rules over all.

City of Jerusalem, what can I say about you? What can I compare you to? People of Zion, what are you like? I want to comfort you. Your wound is as deep as the ocean. Who can heal you?

You have broken through the walls around his city. You have completely destroyed his secure places.

“ I will search for the lost. I will bring back those who have wandered away. I will bandage the ones who are hurt. I will make the weak ones stronger. But I will destroy those who are fat and strong. I will take good care of my sheep. I will treat them fairly.”

But you are the only true God. You are the only living God. You are the King who rules forever. When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear. The nations can’t stand up under your anger.

The earth trembled and shook. The base of the mountains rocked back and forth. It trembled because the Lord was angry.

“ The land will tremble because of what will happen. Everyone who lives in it will mourn. So the whole land will rise like the Nile River. It will be stirred up. Then it will settle back down again like that river in Egypt.”

Earth, tremble with fear when the Lord comes. Tremble when the God of Jacob is near.

The mountains saw you and shook. Floods of water swept by. The sea roared. It lifted its waves high.