“ So the time will certainly come when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be put to shame. All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst.

“日子将到，我必刑罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像。他全地必然抱愧；他被杀的人必在其中仆倒。

所以，看哪，日子将到，我必惩罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像。它的全地必然抱愧，它被杀的人必仆倒在其上。

所以，看哪，日子将到，我必惩罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像。它的全地必然抱愧，它被杀的人必仆倒在其上。

“看啊，时候将到，我必惩罚巴比伦的神像，使巴比伦全国蒙羞，尸横遍野。

因此，你看，日子快到，我必惩罚巴比伦的偶像；巴比伦全地都必蒙羞，所有被刺杀的人都必倒在境内。

日子將到，我必刑罰巴比倫雕刻的偶像。她全地必然抱愧；她被殺的人必在其中仆倒。

所以，看哪，日子將到，我必懲罰巴比倫雕刻的偶像。它的全地必然抱愧，它被殺的人必仆倒在其上。

所以，看哪，日子將到，我必懲罰巴比倫雕刻的偶像。它的全地必然抱愧，它被殺的人必仆倒在其上。

「看啊，時候將到，我必懲罰巴比倫的神像，使巴比倫全國蒙羞，屍橫遍野。

因此，你看，日子快到，我必懲罰巴比倫的偶像；巴比倫全地都必蒙羞，所有被刺殺的人都必倒在境內。

『故此你看，日子必到，我必察罰巴比倫的雕像；她的全境必然狼狽；她被刺殺的人都必仆倒於其中。

時日將至、我必懲罰巴比倫之雕像、使舉國抱愧、見殺者咸仆於其中、

斯後我必降災於巴比倫偶像、通國懷羞、邑眾被戮。

時日將至、我必降災於巴比倫之諸偶像、通國抱愧、其眾見殺者、偃仆其中、

For the time will surely come when I will punish the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be disgraced and her slain will all lie fallen within her.

I will punish the gods of Babylon. That time will certainly come. Then the whole land will be full of shame. Its people will lie down and die there.

“ Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

For the time is surely coming when I will punish this great city and all her idols. Her whole land will be disgraced, and her dead will lie in the streets.

Therefore, look, the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

Therefore behold, days are coming When I will punish the idols of Babylon; And her whole land will be put to shame. And all her slain will fall in her midst.

Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall in her midst.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

Therefore, look, the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land will be confounded. All her slain will fall in the middle of her.

“ Announce the news among the nations! Proclaim it! Signal for people to pay attention! Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say:‘ Babylon will be captured. Bel will be put to shame. Marduk will be dismayed. Babylon’s idols will be put to shame. Her disgusting images will be dismayed.

Yes, but the time will certainly come,” says the LORD,“ when I will punish her idols. Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan.

Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

Look what’s coming! A charioteer, a team of horses.” When questioned, he replies,“ Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

“ Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,” says the LORD.“ They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear.Therefore desert creatures and jackals will live there. Ostriches will dwell in it too. But no people will ever live there again. No one will dwell there for all time to come.I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

“‘ But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the LORD, affirm it!

“ But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the LORD.

What will you say when the LORD appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them.

So the LORD who rules over all said,“ I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born will be disgraced. Indeed, Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert.After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. It will be totally desolate. All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.“ Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the LORD.Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the LORD, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done!Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army.

I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says“ The LORD’s message is burdensome.” I will punish both that person and his whole family.’”