Beautiful girls and strong young men will grow faint in that day, thirsting for the Lord’s word.

“当那日，美貌的处女和少年的男子必因干渴发昏。

“当那日，少年和美貌的少女必因干渴而发昏。

“当那日，少年和美貌的少女必因干渴而发昏。

“到那日，“美丽少女和青春少男都要因干渴而昏倒；

“到那日，美丽的少女和青年男子都因干渴昏倒。

當那日，美貌的處女和少年的男子必因乾渴發昏。

「當那日，少年和美貌的少女必因乾渴而發昏。

「當那日，少年和美貌的少女必因乾渴而發昏。

「到那日，美麗少女和青春少男都要因乾渴而昏倒；

“到那日，美麗的少女和青年男子都因乾渴昏倒。

『當那日、美麗處女和青年男子都必因口渴而暈過去。

是日也、美女少男、必因渴而疲憊、

當是日、美女壯士、口舌煩渴、喪失其魂、

當是日美貌之處女、壯年之男子、俱必因渴而憊、

“ In that day“ the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.

“ At that time“ the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because they are so thirsty.

“ In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.

In that day the beautiful young women, the young men also, will faint from thirst.

On that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint from thirst.

“ In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

In that day the beautiful young women, the young men also, will faint from thirst.

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.

Otherwise, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a dry and barren wilderness.

“ See them lying in the streets— young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.

“ The Lord is right,” Jerusalem says,“ for I rebelled against him. Listen, people everywhere; look upon my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters have been taken captive to distant lands.

How wonderful and beautiful they will be! The young men will thrive on abundant grain, and the young women will flourish on new wine.

Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young women, both infants and the aged.

“ When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus. I will give them fountains of water in the valleys. I will fill the desert with pools of water. Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.I will plant trees in the barren desert— cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means— that it is the Lord who has done this, the Holy One of Israel who created it.

“ Come down from your glory and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon, for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too. They will tear down all your towers.

The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They are clothed in burlap and throw dust on their heads. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.

May our sons flourish in their youth like well nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,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.Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the Lord.