The people of Jerusalem and of the towns of Judah will cry out. They will cry out to the gods they burn incense to. But those gods will not help them at all when trouble strikes them.

那时，犹大城邑的人和耶路撒冷的居民要去哀求他们烧香所供奉的神；只是遭难的时候，这些神毫不拯救他们。

那时，犹大城镇的人和耶路撒冷的居民要哀求他们烧香所供奉的神明；只是遭难的时候，这些神明一点也不能拯救他们。

那时，犹大城镇的人和耶路撒冷的居民要哀求他们烧香所供奉的神明；只是遭难的时候，这些神明一点也不能拯救他们。

那时，犹大各城和耶路撒冷的居民必去呼求他们烧香供奉的神明，却得不到任何帮助。

那时，犹大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民，都必去哀求他们烧香供奉的神，只是在他们遭难的时候，这些神却完全不能拯救他们。

那時，猶大城邑的人和耶路撒冷的居民要去哀求他們燒香所供奉的神；只是遭難的時候，這些神毫不拯救他們。

那時，猶大城鎮的人和耶路撒冷的居民要哀求他們燒香所供奉的神明；只是遭難的時候，這些神明一點也不能拯救他們。

那時，猶大城鎮的人和耶路撒冷的居民要哀求他們燒香所供奉的神明；只是遭難的時候，這些神明一點也不能拯救他們。

那時，猶大各城和耶路撒冷的居民必去呼求他們燒香供奉的神明，卻得不到任何幫助。

那時，猶大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民，都必去哀求他們燒香供奉的神，只是在他們遭難的時候，這些神卻完全不能拯救他們。

那時猶大城市的人和耶路撒冷的居民必向他們所燻祭的神哀呼，但在他們遭難時，這些神卻絲毫也不能拯救他們。

當時猶大諸邑、及耶路撒冷居民、將往呼籲其素所焚香之神、惟彼不拯之於難、

猶大諸邑、各事一上帝、耶路撒冷諸逵衢、各立一祭壇、焚香崇拜可惡之物巴力、不知患難之時、雖籲呼之、弗蒙拯救、

猶大諸邑及耶路撒冷居民、遭患難之時、必往呼籲諸神、即素焚香以事之者、惟不能救、

The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble.

Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes!

Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they certainly will not save them in the time of their disaster.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.

Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Then those living in the towns of Judah and in Jerusalem will go and cry out for help to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. However, those gods will by no means be able to save them when disaster strikes them.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

He’ll say,“ Where are their gods now? Where is the rock they went to for safety?

Then where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come when you are in trouble! Let them save you if they can! Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns.

When King Ahaz was in trouble, he became even more unfaithful to the Lord.

“ Come together, you people of the nations who escaped from Babylon. Gather together and come into court. Only people who do not know anything would carry around gods that are made out of wood. They pray to false gods that can’t save them.

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you get into trouble!”

We will certainly do everything we said we would. We’ll burn incense to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her. We’ll do just as we and our people of long ago have done. Our kings and our officials also did it. All of us did it in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food. We were well off. We didn’t suffer any harm.But then we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. We stopped pouring out drink offerings to her. And ever since that time we haven’t had anything. Instead, we’ve been dying of war and hunger.”The women added,“ We burned incense to the Queen of Heaven. We poured out drink offerings to her. And our husbands knew we were making cakes that looked like her. They knew we were pouring out drink offerings to her.”Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people who were answering him. He spoke to men and women alike. He said,“ Didn’t the Lord know you were burning incense in the towns of Judah? Didn’t he care that you were also doing it in the streets of Jerusalem? You and your people of long ago were doing it. Your kings and officials were doing it too. So were the rest of the people in the land.The Lord couldn’t put up any longer with the evil things you were doing. He hated the things you did. So your land became a curse. It became a dry and empty desert. No one lived there. And that’s the way it still is today.You have burned incense to other gods. You have sinned against the Lord. You haven’t obeyed him or his law. You haven’t followed his rules. You haven’t lived up to the terms of the covenant he made with you. That’s why all this trouble has come on you. You have seen it with your own eyes.”Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people. That included the women. He said,“ All you people of Judah in Egypt, listen to the Lord’ s message.The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says,‘ You and your wives have done what you promised you would do. You said,“ We will certainly keep the promises we made to the Queen of Heaven. We’ll burn incense to her. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her.” ’“ Go ahead then. Do what you said you would! Keep your promises!But listen to the Lord’ s message. Listen, all you Jews living in Egypt.‘ I make a promise by my own great name,’ says the Lord.‘ Here is what I promise.“ No one from Judah who lives anywhere in Egypt will ever again pray in my name. None of them will ever make this promise. They will never say,‘ You can be sure that the Lord and King is alive.’ ”I am watching over them to do them harm and not good. The Jews in Egypt will die of war and hunger until all of them are destroyed.