“ But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant,

你仇敌的群众，却要像细尘；强暴人的群众，也要像飞糠。这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

你那成群的陌生人要像细尘，暴民要像吹起的糠秕；这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

你那成群的陌生人要像细尘，暴民要像吹起的糠秕；这事必顷刻之间忽然临到。

但你的众仇敌必像纤细的尘埃一样消散，众多的残暴之徒必如被风刮去的糠秕。突然，刹那之间，

但你敌人的数量必多如灰尘，那些强暴者的数量也多如被吹散的糠秕，这必在顷刻之间，突然发生。

然而，你成群的外敌必变得像细小的灰尘，那些成群的强横者必像被吹散的糠秕。

你仇敵的羣眾，卻要像細塵；強暴人的羣眾，也要像飛糠。這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

你那成羣的陌生人要像細塵，暴民要像吹起的糠粃；這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

你那成羣的陌生人要像細塵，暴民要像吹起的糠粃；這事必頃刻之間忽然臨到。

但你的眾仇敵必像纖細的塵埃一樣消散，眾多的殘暴之徒必如被風颳去的糠秕。突然，刹那之間，

但你敵人的數量必多如灰塵，那些強暴者的數量也多如被吹散的糠秕，這必在頃刻之間，突然發生。

但你敵人的蜂擁軍兵卻要像微細的飛塵，強橫的蜂擁軍兵都要像飛過的糠粃；而這又是頃刻之間、突然而來的。

然而，你成群的外敵必變得像細小的灰塵，那些成群的強橫者必像被吹散的糠秕。

爾敵之眾、將如纖塵、強暴之多、將如飛糠、其事成於俄頃、

異邦之人、強暴特甚、猝然遁逃、猶之塵埃、無異糠秕。

然爾敵之眾、終如微塵、強暴者眾、終如飛糠、其事必突成於頃刻間、

But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff. Suddenly, in an instant,

Jerusalem, all your enemies will become like fine dust. Their terrifying armies will become like straw that the wind blows away. All of a sudden, in an instant,

But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

“ Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.

Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones[ shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.

When people are saying,“ Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.

But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.

That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.

or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night.The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague.Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!

For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the Lord raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together.

God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!

“ The Assyrians will be destroyed, but not by the swords of men. The sword of God will strike them, and they will panic and flee. The strong young Assyrians will be taken away as captives.

But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.

Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.

Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm like chaff? Not at all!