They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.

倘或他的儿女增多，还是被刀所杀；他的子孙必不得饱食。

倘若他的儿女增多，仍被刀所杀；他的子孙必不得饱食。

倘若他的儿女增多，仍被刀所杀；他的子孙必不得饱食。

他的儿女再多也难逃杀戮，他的子孙永远吃不饱。

即使他的儿女增多，还是被刀剑所杀，他的子孙也必永不得饱食；

倘或他的兒女增多，還是被刀所殺；他的子孫必不得飽食。

倘若他的兒女增多，仍被刀所殺；他的子孫必不得飽食。

倘若他的兒女增多，仍被刀所殺；他的子孫必不得飽食。

他的兒女再多也難逃殺戮，他的子孫永遠吃不飽。

即使他的兒女增多，還是被刀劍所殺，他的子孫也必永不得飽食；

就使他的子孫增多，還是必被刀殺；他出的後裔必不得喫飽飯。

即其子孫若繁、乃為鋒刃、後裔不得飽食、

子孫雖蕃、或遭戮、或乏食、

其子孫雖繁、終必為刃所殺、其後裔不得足食、

However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

All their children will be killed by swords. They’ll never have enough to eat.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

If his children be multiplied,[ it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, for they will be led away into captivity.

Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.

For the days are coming when they will say,‘ Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’

So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 men.They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha—the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.

Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childless woman now has seven children, and the woman with many children wastes away.

They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered.

May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

Jehu responded with a second letter:“ If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king’s sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.A messenger went to Jehu and said,“ They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” So Jehu ordered,“ Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate, and leave them there until morning.”In the morning he went out and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around them.“ You are not to blame,” he told them.“ I am the one who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?You can be sure that the message of the Lord that was spoken concerning Ahab’s family will not fail. The Lord declared through his servant Elijah that this would happen.”

I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre. But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”O Lord, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth and breasts that give no milk.

You are to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the Lord’s servants who were killed by Jezebel.The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.

You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won’t be able to help them.

They let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance.They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute.

and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.