If people crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

人将世上被囚的踹在脚下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在脚下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在脚下，

将囚犯踩在脚下，

人把地上所有被囚的，都践踏在脚下，

人將世上被囚的踹在腳下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在腳下，

把世上所有的囚犯踹在腳下，

將囚犯踩在腳下，

人把地上所有被囚的，都踐踏在腳下，

人將國中被囚的都壓在腳下，

足踐世之獄囚、

蹂躪俘囚、罔上陷人、屈害平民者、俱主所不悅兮。

足踐世間被囚者、

To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

Every time people crush prisoners under their feet, the Lord knows all about it.

To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,

Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one’s feet,

To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the land,

To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one’s feet,

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners,

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.

This is what the Sovereign Lord, your God and Defender, says:“ See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury.Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, those who said,‘ We will trample you into the dust and walk on your backs.’”

I will say to the prisoners,‘ Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness,‘ Come into the light.’ They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare.

For the Lord hears the cries of the needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:“ Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor, about to be trampled. In just a little while her harvest will begin.”“ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,” say the people of Zion.“ Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,” says Jerusalem.This is what the Lord says to Jerusalem:“ I will be your lawyer to plead your case, and I will avenge you. I will dry up her river, as well as her springs,

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But for the people of Babylon there will be no rest!

Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.

Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’

“ The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”