You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.

你们剩下的人必因自己的罪孽和祖宗的罪孽在仇敌之地消灭。

你们幸存的人必因自己的罪孽在敌人之地衰残，也要因祖先的罪孽衰残。

你们幸存的人必因自己的罪孽在敌人之地衰残，也要因祖先的罪孽衰残。

你们当中的幸存者将因自己的罪和祖先的罪而消亡在敌人的土地上。

你们剩下的人，必因自己的罪孽在仇敌之地消灭，也因犯了祖先的罪孽日渐衰弱。

你們剩下的人必因自己的罪孽和祖宗的罪孽在仇敵之地消滅。

你們倖存的人必因自己的罪孽在敵人之地衰殘，也要因祖先的罪孽衰殘。

你們倖存的人必因自己的罪孽在敵人之地衰殘，也要因祖先的罪孽衰殘。

你們當中的倖存者將因自己的罪和祖先的罪而消亡在敵人的土地上。

你們剩下的人，必因自己的罪孽在仇敵之地消滅，也因犯了祖先的罪孽日漸衰弱。

你們剩下的人必因自己的罪愆、而在仇敵之地日見消削，也必因他們的祖宗的罪愆而像他們日見消削。

爾之孑遺、處於敵國、為一己之愆尤、並前人之罪戾、日漸消亡、

爾曹猶有孑遺、處於敵國、為一己之愆尤、並前人之罪戾、日漸消亡。

爾中所遺之人、居於敵國、必緣己罪、及其列祖之罪、日漸消亡、

Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away.

And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies’ lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.

Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Those who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of their ancestors’ iniquities along with theirs.

So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their wrongdoing in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the wrongdoing of their forefathers they will rot away with them.

And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away.

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Those who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their sin; they will also waste away because of their fathers’ sins along with theirs.

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

“‘ As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.

Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them.

There will be very little food and water. The people will be shocked as they look at one another. They will become weaker and weaker because of their sin.

Keep your turbans on your heads. Keep your sandals on your feet. Do not mourn or weep. You will waste away because you have sinned so much. You will groan among yourselves.

“ Son of man, speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ You are saying,“ Our sins and the wrong things we have done weigh us down. We are wasting away because we have sinned so much. So how can we live?” ’

So you will pay for all the godly people’s blood spilled on earth. I mean from the blood of godly Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berekiah. Zechariah was the one you murdered between the temple and the altar.What I’m about to tell you is true. All this will happen to those who are now living.

You will be taken away to those nations as prisoners. Those of you who escape will remember me. You will recall how much pain your unfaithful hearts gave me. You turned away from me. Your eyes longed to see the statues of your gods. You will hate yourselves because of all the evil things you have done. I hate those things too.

Do not bow down to them or worship them. I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children. I will cause the sins of those who hate me to affect even their grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.

There you will remember your conduct. You will think about everything you did that made you“ unclean.” And you will hate yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.

I will go back to my lion’s den. I will stay there until they pay the price for their sin. Then they will turn to me. They will suffer so much that they will really want me to help them.”

But if you return to me, I will bring you back. If you obey my commands, I will gather you together again. I will bring you back from the farthest places on earth. I will bring you to the special place where I have chosen to put my Name.’

When I kept silent about my sin, my body became weak because I groaned all day long.Day and night you punished me. I became weaker and weaker as I do in the heat of summer.

‘ I am the Lord. I am slow to get angry. I am full of love. I forgive those who sin. I forgive those who refuse to obey. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sin of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.’

“ In those days people will no longer say,“‘ The parents have eaten sour grapes. But the children have a bitter taste in their mouths.’

I continue to show my love to thousands of people. I forgive those who do evil. I forgive those who refuse to obey me. And I forgive those who sin. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.”

Then you will call out to me. You will come and pray to me. And I will listen to you.

I have scattered them among the nations. But in lands far away they will remember me. They and their children will be kept alive. And they will return.

It is written,“ God made it hard for them to understand. He gave them eyes that could not see. He gave them ears that could not hear. And they are still like that today.”( Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)David says,“ Let their feast be a trap and a snare. Let them trip and fall. Let them get what’s coming to them.Let their eyes grow dark so they can’t see. Let their backs be bent forever.”( Psalm 69:22, 23)

I have told you about all these blessings and curses. The Lord your God will bring them on you. Then you will think carefully about the blessings and curses. You will think about them everywhere the Lord your God scatters you among the nations.

You will remember your evil ways and the sinful things you have done. You will hate yourselves because you have sinned so much. I also hate your evil practices.

Those killed by swords are better off than those who die of hunger. Those who are hungry waste away to nothing. They don’t have any food from the fields.

“ But you still ask,‘ Is the son guilty along with his father?’ No! The son did what was fair and right. He was careful to obey all my rules. So you can be sure he will live.

Let us lie down in our shame. Let our dishonor cover us. You are the Lord our God. But we have sinned against you. We and our people of long ago have sinned. We haven’t obeyed you from our earliest years until now.”

Do not bow down to them or worship them. I am the Lord your God. I want you to worship only me. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children. I will cause the sins of those who hate me to affect even their grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

“ You people have a proverb about the land of Israel. What do you mean by it? It says,“‘ The parents eat sour grapes. But the children have a bitter taste in their mouths.’“ You will not use that proverb in Israel anymore,” announces the Lord and King.“ And that is just as sure as I am alive.