For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.

主耶和华如此说：起先我的百姓下到埃及，在那里寄居，又有亚述人无故欺压他们。

主耶和华如此说：“先前我的百姓下到埃及，在那里寄居，末后又有亚述人欺压他们。

主耶和华如此说：“先前我的百姓下到埃及，在那里寄居，末后又有亚述人欺压他们。

主耶和华说：“起先我的子民到埃及寄居，后来亚述人无缘无故地欺压他们。”

主耶和华这样说：“我的子民先前曾下到埃及，在那里寄居；后来有亚述人无缘无故地欺压了他们。

主耶和华如此说：“先前我的子民下到埃及，在那里寄居；后来亚述人无故地欺压他们。

主耶和華如此說：起先我的百姓下到埃及，在那裏寄居，又有亞述人無故欺壓他們。

主耶和華如此說：「先前我的百姓下到埃及，在那裏寄居，末後又有亞述人欺壓他們。

主耶和華如此說：「先前我的百姓下到埃及，在那裏寄居，末後又有亞述人欺壓他們。

主耶和華說：「起先我的子民到埃及寄居，後來亞述人無緣無故地欺壓他們。」

主耶和華這樣說：“我的子民先前曾下到埃及，在那裡寄居；後來有亞述人無緣無故地欺壓了他們。

因為主永恆主這麼說：我的人民起先下埃及、去寄居在那裏；後來有亞述人無緣無故欺壓他們。

主耶和華如此說：「先前我的子民下到埃及，在那裡寄居；後來亞述人無故地欺壓他們。

主耶和華曰、昔我民下埃及而寓之、亞述人無故虐遇之、

主耶和華又曰。昔我民往居埃及、後遭亞述人、無故虐遇、而我援之、

主天主如是云、昔我民往居伊及、後亞述人無故凌虐之、

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

The Lord and King continues,“ Long ago my people went down to Egypt. They lived there for a while. Later, Assyria crushed them without any reason.

For thus says the Lord God:“ My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.

For this is what the Lord GOD says:“ At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

For this is what the Lord God says:“ My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason.

For thus says the Lord GOD:“ My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

For this is what the Lord God says:“ At first My people went down to Egypt to live there, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

For this is what the sovereign LORD says:“ In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

For the Lord Yahweh says:“ My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig- tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;