Everyone will see that I started the fire. It will not be put out. I am the Lord.” ’ ”

凡有血气的都必知道是我耶和华使火着起，这火必不熄灭。”

凡血肉之躯都知道是我—耶和华点了火，这火必不熄灭。”

凡血肉之躯都知道是我—耶和华点了火，这火必不熄灭。”

这样，世人便知道这烈火是我耶和华点燃的，它绝不会熄灭。’”

所有的人都必看见是我耶和华使这火燃起来；这火必不熄灭。’”

凡有血氣的都必知道是我－耶和華使火着起，這火必不熄滅。」

凡血肉之軀都知道是我－耶和華點了火，這火必不熄滅。」

凡血肉之軀都知道是我－耶和華點了火，這火必不熄滅。」

這樣，世人便知道這烈火是我耶和華點燃的，它絕不會熄滅。』」

所有的人都必看見是我耶和華使這火燃起來；這火必不熄滅。’”

血肉之人都要看而明白是我永恆主點起火來的；這火必不熄滅。』

凡有血氣者、必知斯火為我耶和華所燃、不得撲滅、

眾人皆知、我耶和華所燃、不得撲滅。

凡有血氣者、必知我天主燃之、不得撲滅、

Everyone will see that I the Lord have kindled it; it will not be quenched.’”

All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”

And everyone in the world will see that I, the Lord, have set this fire. It will not be put out.’”

Then all humanity will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it. It will not be extinguished.’”

And all mankind will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it will not go out.” ’ ”

All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”’”

And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

Then all people will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be extinguished.”

And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

And everyone will see that I, the LORD, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.’”

All flesh will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”

Then I will remove Israel from my 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. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it.This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will say,‘ Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’People will answer,‘ Because they have deserted the Lord. He is the God of their people who lived long ago. He brought them out of Egypt. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”

So the Lord and King says,“ I will pour out my burning anger on this place. It will strike people and animals alike. It will destroy the trees in the fields and the crops in your land. It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out.”

All your enemies open their mouths wide against you. They laugh at you and grind their teeth. They say,“ We have swallowed up Jerusalem’s people. This is the day we’ve waited for. And we’ve lived to see it.”The Lord has done what he planned to do. He has made what he said come true. He gave the command long ago. He has destroyed you without pity. He has let your enemies laugh at you. He has made them stronger than you are.

All the nations will ask,“ Why has the Lord done this to the land? What could have made him so very angry?”And they will hear the answer,“ It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.The Lord’ s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”

But the commander of the guard found Jeremiah. The commander said to him,“ The Lord your God ordered that this place be destroyed.And now he has brought it about. He has done exactly what he said he would do. All these things have happened because you people sinned against the Lord. You didn’t obey him.

Lord, you have raised your hand high to punish them. But they don’t even see it. Let them see how much you love your people. Then they will be put to shame. Let the fire you are saving for your enemies burn them up.