“ Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord.“ I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.

耶和华说：“我从前分散你们在天的四方，现在你们要从北方之地逃回。这是耶和华说的。”

耶和华说：“来，来！你们要从北方之地逃回；因我曾把你们分散到天的四方。这是耶和华说的。”

耶和华说：“来，来！你们要从北方之地逃回；因我曾把你们分散到天的四方。这是耶和华说的。”

“耶和华说，‘我曾把你们分散到天下四方，现在，快！快逃离北方之地。这是耶和华说的。

“嗨！嗨！你们要从北方之地逃走（这是耶和华的宣告），因为我过去曾把你们分散在天的四方。”这是耶和华的宣告。

耶和華說：「我從前分散你們在天的四方，現在你們要從北方之地逃回。這是耶和華說的。」

耶和華說：「來，來！你們要從北方之地逃回；因我曾把你們分散到天的四方。這是耶和華說的。」

耶和華說：「來，來！你們要從北方之地逃回；因我曾把你們分散到天的四方。這是耶和華說的。」

「耶和華說，『我曾把你們分散到天下四方，現在，快！快逃離北方之地。這是耶和華說的。

“嗨！嗨！你們要從北方之地逃走（這是耶和華的宣告），因為我過去曾把你們分散在天的四方。”這是耶和華的宣告。

永恆主發神諭說：我從前分散你們在天之四方；現在呢、永恆主發神諭：哦！哦！你們從北方之地逃回來哦！

耶和華宣告：「餵，餵，你們從北方之地逃跑吧！我曾把你們像天上四方的風那樣驅散。」

耶和華曰、咨、我曾散爾於天之四風、爾其自北而遁、耶和華言之矣、

耶和華曰、我使爾眾散於四方、若颶風驟起、故當疾趨、出自北方、

主曰、噫、噫、我分散爾眾、如如或作於天之四風、今當自北方而逃、而逃或作逃歸此乃主所言、

“ Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord,“ for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.

Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord.

The Lord says,“ Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.

“ Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north”— this is the LORD’s declaration—“ for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”— this is the LORD’s declaration.

“ You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord,“ because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

“ Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord;“ for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord.

Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.

“ Get up! Leave the land of the north”— this is the Lord’s declaration—“ for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”— this is the Lord’s declaration.

Ho, ho,[ come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

“ You there! Flee from the northland!” says the LORD,“ for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you,” says the LORD.

Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh;‘ for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

All Zedekiah’s best troops will be killed by swords. Those who are left alive will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I have spoken. I am the Lord.”

“ So tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ I sent some of my people far away among the nations. I scattered them among the countries. But for a little while I have been their temple in the countries where they have gone.” ’

People of Israel, leave Babylon! Hurry up and get away from the Babylonians! Here is what I want you to announce. Make it known with shouts of joy. Send the news out from one end of the earth to the other. Say,“ The Lord has set free his servant Jacob.”

“ Listen to my message, you nations. Announce it on shores far away. Say,‘ He who scattered Israel will gather them. He will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’

Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said,“‘ Come out of her, my people.’( Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.

“ Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!”

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’ s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and“ clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.But this time you won’t have to leave in a hurry. You won’t have to rush away. The Lord will go ahead of you and lead you. The God of Israel will follow behind you and guard you.

Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.

As soon as the angels had brought them out, one of them spoke. He said,“ Run for your lives! Don’t look back! Don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Run to the mountains! If you don’t, you will be swept away!”

In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel. Together they will come from a land in the north. They will come to the land I gave to your people of long ago. I wanted them to have it as their very own.

How can the temple of the true God and the statues of other gods agree? We are the temple of the living God. God has said,“ I will live with them. I will walk among them. I will be their God. And they will be my people.”( Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27)So,“ Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and‘ clean.’ Then I will receive you.”( Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34, 41)

“ I will give an order. I will shake the people of Israel among all the nations. They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen. Not a pebble will fall to the ground.

You who have not been killed in the war against Babylon, leave! Do not wait! In a land far away remember me. And think about Jerusalem.”

I will scatter to the winds all those around him. I will scatter his officials and all his troops. And I will chase them with a sword that is ready to strike them down.“ They will know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations. I will send them to other countries.

“ People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

I will bring them from the land of the north. I will gather them from one end of the earth to the other. Even those who are blind and those who can’t walk will be among them. Pregnant women and women having their babies will be among them also. Many of them will return.

The Lord said to me,“ Something very bad will be poured out on everyone who lives in this land. It will come from the north.

A third of your people will die of the plague inside your walls. Or they will die of hunger there. Another third will be killed by swords outside your walls. And I will scatter the last third of your people to the winds. I will chase them with a sword that is ready to strike them down.

“ Come, all you who are thirsty. Come and drink the water I offer to you. You who do not have any money, come. Buy and eat the grain I give you. Come and buy wine and milk. You will not have to pay anything for it.

I will make all the kingdoms on earth hate them. That will happen because of what Manasseh did in Jerusalem. He was king of Judah and the son of Hezekiah.

“ Come out of there, my people! Run for your lives! Run away from my great anger.

“ People of Judah, run away from Babylon. Leave the land of Babylon. Be like the goats that lead the flock.

Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there. Right then, the family protector he had talked about came by. Then Boaz said,“ Come over here, my friend. Sit down.” So the man went over and sat down.