Edom’s nobles won’t have anything left there that can be called a kingdom. All its princes will vanish.

以东人要召贵胄来治国；那里却无一个，首领也都归于无有。

人必宣称那里没有王国，它的贵族和所有领袖都归于无有。

人必宣称那里没有王国，它的贵族和所有领袖都归于无有。

以东没有一个显贵可以做王，那里所有的首领全都消失。

它的显贵一个也没有了，以致不能称为一国，所有的领袖也没有了。

那里没有贵族来宣称王权，所有的首领也都归于无有。

以東人要召貴冑來治國；那裏卻無一個，首領也都歸於無有。

人必宣稱那裏沒有王國，它的貴族和所有領袖都歸於無有。

人必宣稱那裏沒有王國，它的貴族和所有領袖都歸於無有。

以東沒有一個顯貴可以做王，那裡所有的首領全都消失。

它的顯貴一個也沒有了，以致不能稱為一國，所有的領袖也沒有了。

人必宣稱「那裏無王位」；其一切官長都沒有了。

那裡沒有貴族來宣稱王權，所有的首領也都歸於無有。

召其顯者嗣國、而乏其人、牧伯歸於無有、

在牧伯貴介中、欲簡一人為王、實難其選、

以東再無貴顯者、宣示立國、彼之侯伯、盡歸無有、

Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, all her princes will vanish away.

Its nobles— there is no one there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes shall be nothing.

It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Its nobles— there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its officials will be nothing.

They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none[ shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.

Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all.

“ All those who are angry with you will be put to shame. And they will be dishonored. Those who oppose you will be destroyed. And they will vanish.You might search for your enemies. But you will not find them. Those who go to war against you will completely disappear.

So then, here is what I say about eating food sacrificed to statues of gods. We know that“ a god made by human hands is really nothing at all in the world.” We know that“ there is only one God.”

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the“ super- apostles.”

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, did not take these things away at first. That was when he took King Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon. Jehoiachin is the son of Jehoiakim. Nebuchadnezzar also took all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem along with Jehoiachin.

The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah. He forced Zedekiah to watch it with his own eyes. He also killed all the nobles of Judah.

How terrible it is for a land whose king used to be a servant! How terrible if its princes get drunk in the morning!How blessed is the land whose king was born into the royal family! How blessed if its princes eat and drink at the proper time! How blessed if they eat and drink to become strong and not to get drunk!

A man will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house. He will say,“ You have a coat. So you be our leader. Take charge of all these broken- down buildings!”But at that time the brother will cry out,“ I can’t help you. I don’t have any food or clothing in my house. Don’t make me the leader of these people.”Jerusalem is about to fall. And so is Judah. They say and do things against the Lord. They dare to disobey him to his very face.

But you false gods are less than nothing. Your actions are completely worthless. I hate it when people worship you.