When I put on rough clothing to show how sad I am, people make jokes about me.

我拿麻布当衣裳，就成了他们的笑谈。

我拿麻布当衣裳，却成了他们的笑柄。

我拿麻布当衣裳，却成了他们的笑柄。

我披上麻衣，他们就讥笑我。

我披上麻衣，就成了他们取笑的对象。

我披上麻布为衣袍，我却成了他们的笑柄。

我拿麻布當衣裳，就成了他們的笑談。

我拿麻布當衣裳，卻成了他們的笑柄。

我拿麻布當衣裳，卻成了他們的笑柄。

我披上麻衣，他們就譏笑我。

我披上麻衣，就成了他們取笑的對象。

我拿麻布當服裝，就成了他們的笑談。

我披上麻布為衣袍，我卻成了他們的笑柄。

以麻為衣、則為人之話柄兮、

我以麻為衣、人託詞以哂笑兮、

我衣麻衣、彼眾以我為笑談、

世人見予含淚而守齋兮。舉狺狺然而非之。

when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

When I dress in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb to them.

I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

I wore sackcloth as my clothing, and I was a joke to them.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.

“ God has made an example of me. People spit in my face.

I will make all the kingdoms on earth displeased with them. In fact, they will hate them a great deal. They will shake their heads at them. They will curse them and make fun of them. All this will happen no matter where I force them to go.

The Lord who rules over all called out to you at that time. The Lord told you to weep and cry. He told you to tear your hair out. And he told you to put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad.

Three years earlier the Lord had spoken to Isaiah, the son of Amoz. The Lord had said,“ Take off the rough clothing you are wearing. And take off your sandals.” So Isaiah did. He went around barefoot and naked.

You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.

My people, mourn like a virgin who is dressed in the clothes of sadness. She is sad because she has lost the young man she was going to marry.

You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.

Priests, put on the clothing of sadness and mourn. Cry, you who serve at the altar. Come, you who serve my God in the temple. Spend the night dressed in the clothes of sadness. Weep because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the house of your God anymore.

But when they were sick, I put on the clothing of sadness. I made myself humble by going without food. My prayers for them weren’t always answered.So I went around crying as if I were mourning over my friend or relative. I bowed my head in sadness as if I were weeping over my mother.