Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert. It is in a dry and thirsty land.

如今栽于旷野干旱无水之地。

如今这葡萄树移植于旷野，在干旱无水之地，

如今这葡萄树移植于旷野，在干旱无水之地，

现在，它被栽种在干旱的旷野。

现在它被栽种在旷野，在干旱无水之地。

如今栽於曠野乾旱無水之地。

如今這葡萄樹移植於曠野，在乾旱無水之地，

如今這葡萄樹移植於曠野，在乾旱無水之地，

現在，它被栽種在乾旱的曠野。

現在它被栽種在曠野，在乾旱無水之地。

如今被移植於曠野、乾旱焦渴之地。

今植於曠野旱乾之地、

乃移其根、植於無水之野、

今植於曠野旱乾無水之地、

Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness, where the ground is hard and dry.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land.

And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

And now she[ is] planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked. I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born. I’ll make her like a desert. She will become like dry land. And I’ll let her die of thirst.

“‘ Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard. It was planted near water. It had a lot of fruit and many branches. There was plenty of water.

You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.

Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, handed himself over to Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiachin’s mother did the same thing. And so did all his attendants, nobles and officials. The king of Babylon took Jehoiachin away as his prisoner. It was in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule.Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the Lord’ s temple. He also removed the treasures from the royal palace. He cut up the gold objects that Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple. That’s what the Lord had announced would happen.Nebuchadnezzar took all the people of Jerusalem to the land of Babylon as prisoners. That included all the officers and fighting men. It also included all the skilled workers. The total number of prisoners was 10,000. Only the poorest people were left in the land.Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as his prisoner. He also took the king’s mother from Jerusalem to Babylon. And he took Jehoiachin’s wives, his officials and the most important people of the land.The king also forced the whole army of 7,000 soldiers to go away to the land of Babylon. Those men were strong and able to go to war. And the king forced 1,000 skilled workers to go to Babylon.

God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.

I will send you among the nations. There I will judge you face to face. It will be as if I were judging you in the desert again.

There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.Here is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon as prisoners. In the seventh year of his rule, he took 3,023 Jews.In his 18th year, he took 832 people from Jerusalem.In Nebuchadnezzar’s 23rd year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard, took 745 Jews to Babylon. The total number of people taken to Babylon was 4,600.Awel- Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel- Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 25th day of the 12th month.

God gives lonely people a family. He sets prisoners free, and they go out singing. But those who refuse to obey him live in a land that is baked by the sun.