They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed.

他们使地荒凉；地既荒凉，便向我悲哀。全地荒凉，因无人介意。

他们使地荒凉；地既荒凉，就向我哀哭。全地荒凉，却无人在意。

他们使地荒凉；地既荒凉，就向我哀哭。全地荒凉，却无人在意。

他们使这片土地荒凉，以致它在我面前哀哭。遍地如此荒凉，却无人在意。

他们使地荒凉，在我面前一片荒凉悲哀；全地荒凉，却无人关心。”

他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，便向我悲哀。全地荒涼，因無人介意。

他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，就向我哀哭。全地荒涼，卻無人在意。

他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，就向我哀哭。全地荒涼，卻無人在意。

他們使這片土地荒涼，以致它在我面前哀哭。遍地如此荒涼，卻無人在意。

他們使地荒涼，在我面前一片荒涼悲哀；全地荒涼，卻無人關心。”

他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，便發悲哀，使我憂愁；遍地荒涼，也無人介意。

且為荒蕪、向我悲哀、全地荒蕪、無人介意、

邦國荒蕪、號呼於我前、國雖荒蕪、人猶不以為意。

使地荒蕪、地荒蕪若哀慘於我前、全地荒蕪、而無人以為意、

It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.

My vineyard will become a desert. It will be dry and empty in my sight. The whole land will be completely destroyed. And no one even cares.

They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.

They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.

They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.

It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

They have made it a desolation. It mourns, desolate, before Me. All the land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.

They have made it desolate,[ and being] desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth[ it] to heart.

They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares.

So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

“ The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“ God will not see what happens to us.”The LORD answered,“ If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.“ I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.

“ Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows:‘ When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me– for me, indeed?

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

The LORD said,“ I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.”

Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer!ב( Bet)She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.ג( Gimel)Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits.ד( Dalet)The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish!ה( He)Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy.ו( Vav)

So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the LORD who rules over all,“ I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses– indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.