“‘ See, the day! See, it comes! Doom has burst forth, the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed!

“看哪，看哪，日子快到了；所定的灾已经发出！杖已经开花，骄傲已经发芽。

“看哪，那日子！看哪，已来到！厄运已经发生！杖已开花，骄傲已发芽。

“看哪，那日子！看哪，已来到！厄运已经发生！杖已开花，骄傲已发芽。

“看啊，看啊，日子到了，大祸临头了！杖已经发芽，傲慢已经开花。

“‘看哪，这日子到了！灾害已经发出，杖已经开花，狂傲已经发芽。

「看哪，看哪，日子快到了；所定的災已經發出！杖已經開花，驕傲已經發芽。

「看哪，那日子！看哪，已來到！厄運已經發生！杖已開花，驕傲已發芽。

「看哪，那日子！看哪，已來到！厄運已經發生！杖已開花，驕傲已發芽。

「看啊，看啊，日子到了，大禍臨頭了！杖已經發芽，傲慢已經開花。

“‘看哪，這日子到了！災害已經發出，杖已經開花，狂傲已經發芽。

『看哪，日子！看哪，到了！所定的災禍已經發出；「枉法」開了花了，驕橫發了芽了。

試觀其日已屆、為爾所定之報至矣、杖已舒蕊、驕傲已萌芽矣、

爾之日期已至、災亦次第及爾、驕侈者將至、以杖擊爾、芽櫱已萌、花蕊盡發、

其日將至、視哉已屆、災禍已命、責爾之杖已長、罰爾之驕傲者已興、責爾之杖已長罰爾之驕傲者已興原文作其杖已茁驕傲已萌

“‘ The day for me to punish you is here! It is here! Death has arrived. The time is ripe for you to be judged. Your pride has grown so much that you will be destroyed.

“ Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has come; the rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

“ The day of judgment is here; your destruction awaits! The people’s wickedness and pride have blossomed to full flower.

Here is the day! Here it comes! Doom is on its way. The rod has blossomed; arrogance has bloomed.

‘ Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed.

‘ Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed, Pride has budded.

Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Look, the day is coming! Doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed; arrogance has bloomed.

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

“ Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

“‘ Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed. Pride has budded.

“ Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!

Fire spread from one of its main branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter.’“ This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”

sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!“‘ Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.

A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

“‘ Testing will surely come. And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign Lord.’

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. See, it comes!

The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

While people are saying,“ Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.