逐节对照
- 新标点和合本 - 你要压制外邦人的喧哗， 好像干燥地的热气下落； 禁止强暴人的凯歌， 好像热气被云影消化。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 如干旱地的热气， 你要制止外邦人的喧嚷， 残暴者的歌要停止， 好像热气因云的阴影而消失。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 如干旱地的热气， 你要制止外邦人的喧嚷， 残暴者的歌要停止， 好像热气因云的阴影而消失。
- 当代译本 - 又像干旱之地的热气。 你平息外族人的喧哗， 止息残暴之徒的歌声， 好像云朵消去酷热。
- 圣经新译本 - 你抑制外族人的喧哗，好像减低干旱之地的炎热； 你禁止强暴者的凯歌，好像热气因云彩而消散。
- 中文标准译本 - 你压下外族人的喧哗， 就像压下荒漠的炎热； 你止息强横者的凯歌， 就像云影止息了炎热。
- 现代标点和合本 - 你要压制外邦人的喧哗， 好像干燥地的热气下落； 禁止强暴人的凯歌， 好像热气被云影消化。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 你要压制外邦人的喧哗， 好像干燥地的热气下落； 禁止强暴人的凯歌， 好像热气被云影消化。
- New International Version - and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
- New International Reader's Version - They are like the heat of the desert. You stopped the noisy shouts of our enemies. You kept them from winning the battle over us and singing about it. You are like the shadow of a cloud that cools the earth.
- English Standard Version - like heat in a dry place. You subdue the noise of the foreigners; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is put down.
- New Living Translation - or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.
- Christian Standard Bible - like heat in a dry land, you will subdue the uproar of barbarians. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day, so he will silence the song of the violent.
- New American Standard Bible - Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the uproar of foreigners; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.
- New King James Version - You will reduce the noise of aliens, As heat in a dry place; As heat in the shadow of a cloud, The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
- Amplified Bible - Like heat in a dry land, You will subdue the noise of foreigners [rejoicing over their enemies]; Like heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is silenced.
- American Standard Version - As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
- King James Version - Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
- New English Translation - like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.
- World English Bible - As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
- 新標點和合本 - 你要壓制外邦人的喧嘩， 好像乾燥地的熱氣下落； 禁止強暴人的凱歌， 好像熱氣被雲影消化。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 如乾旱地的熱氣， 你要制止外邦人的喧嚷， 殘暴者的歌要停止， 好像熱氣因雲的陰影而消失。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 如乾旱地的熱氣， 你要制止外邦人的喧嚷， 殘暴者的歌要停止， 好像熱氣因雲的陰影而消失。
- 當代譯本 - 又像乾旱之地的熱氣。 你平息外族人的喧嘩， 止息殘暴之徒的歌聲， 好像雲朵消去酷熱。
- 聖經新譯本 - 你抑制外族人的喧嘩，好像減低乾旱之地的炎熱； 你禁止強暴者的凱歌，好像熱氣因雲彩而消散。
- 呂振中譯本 - 好像炎熱在乾透了之地上， 炎熱由密雲的陰影 而減輕 ； 傲慢人的喧鬧你抑制住了； 強橫人的誇勝曲你 使它低落了。
- 中文標準譯本 - 你壓下外族人的喧嘩， 就像壓下荒漠的炎熱； 你止息強橫者的凱歌， 就像雲影止息了炎熱。
- 現代標點和合本 - 你要壓制外邦人的喧嘩， 好像乾燥地的熱氣下落； 禁止強暴人的凱歌， 好像熱氣被雲影消化。
- 文理和合譯本 - 爾將息外族之喧譁、若去炎蒸於旱地、止強暴之凱歌、若散酷熱於雲影、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 異邦之民、鼓譟而來、強暴之徒、謳歌以至、爾挫其銳氣、猶之曠野炎烝、爾覆以天雲。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 外邦暴君諠譁、主必制之、如除炎熱於乾旱之地、強暴人逞勝奏凱、主必使之止息、如雲陰消除炎熱、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - como el calor en el desierto. Tú aplacas el tumulto de los extranjeros, como se aplaca el calor bajo la sombra de una nube, y ahogas la alharaca de los tiranos.
- 현대인의 성경 - 사막의 열기와 같아도 주는 그들을 잠잠하게 하십니다. 구름으로 뜨거운 햇볕을 가리듯이 주께서 무자비한 자들의 떠들어대는 입을 막으실 것입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - шум чужеземцев был подобен зною на пересохшей земле. Но Ты усмирил зной тенью облаков; стихла песнь беспощадных.
- Восточный перевод - шум чужеземцев был подобен зною на пересохшей земле. Но Ты усмирил зной тенью облаков; стихла песнь беспощадных.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - шум чужеземцев был подобен зною на пересохшей земле. Но Ты усмирил зной тенью облаков; стихла песнь беспощадных.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - шум чужеземцев был подобен зною на пересохшей земле. Но Ты усмирил зной тенью облаков; стихла песнь беспощадных.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - ou à de la chaleur ╵dans une terre aride. Mais toi, tu fais cesser ╵la clameur des barbares ; comme la chaleur cesse ╵quand un nuage passe, ainsi tu as mis fin ╵aux chansons des tyrans.
- リビングバイブル - 乾燥し熱しきった地が、 上空を覆う雲でほてりを静めるように、 神は血も涙もない国々の思い上がりを冷まします。
- Nova Versão Internacional - e como o calor do deserto. Tu silencias o bramido dos estrangeiros; assim como diminui o calor com a sombra de uma nuvem, assim a canção dos temíveis é emudecida.
- Hoffnung für alle - es ist so unbarmherzig wie die Sonne, die in der Wüste vom Himmel brennt. Doch du bringst ihren Lärm zum Schweigen. Du dämpfst ihr Siegesgeschrei wie eine Wolke die Sonnenhitze.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - như hơi nóng trong hoang mạc. Nhưng Chúa sẽ làm im tiếng gào thét của dân ngoại quốc. Như giải trừ hơi nóng hoang mạc bằng bóng mây, để cho bài hát của kẻ bạo tàn phải nín lặng.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และเหมือนความร้อนระอุของถิ่นกันดาร พระองค์ทรงสยบการขู่คำรามของคนต่างชาติ เหมือนเงาเมฆบรรเทาความร้อนระอุ แล้วบทเพลงของคนอำมหิตก็เงียบลง
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระองค์ทำให้เสียงวุ่นวายของชาวต่างชาติเงียบสงบลง ดั่งความร้อนในที่แห้ง ความร้อนที่ถูกเงาเมฆบังเช่นไร เพลงของคนโหดร้ายก็ถูกทำให้เงียบลงเช่นนั้น
交叉引用
- Psalms 74:4 - While your people were at worship, your enemies barged in, brawling and scrawling graffiti. They set fire to the porch; axes swinging, they chopped up the woodwork, Beat down the doors with sledgehammers, then split them into kindling. They burned your holy place to the ground, violated the place of worship. They said to themselves, “We’ll wipe them all out,” and burned down all the places of worship.
- Psalms 74:9 - There’s not a sign or symbol of God in sight, nor anyone to speak in his name, no one who knows what’s going on. How long, God, will barbarians blaspheme, enemies curse and get by with it? Why don’t you do something? How long are you going to sit there with your hands folded in your lap? God is my King from the very start; he works salvation in the womb of the earth. With one blow you split the sea in two, you made mincemeat of the dragon Tannin. You lopped off the heads of Leviathan, then served them up in a stew for the animals. With your finger you opened up springs and creeks, and dried up the wild floodwaters. You own the day, you own the night; you put stars and sun in place. You laid out the four corners of earth, shaped the seasons of summer and winter.
- Psalms 74:18 - Mark and remember, God, all the enemy taunts, each idiot desecration. Don’t throw your lambs to the wolves; after all we’ve been through, don’t forget us. Remember your promises; the city is in darkness, the countryside violent. Don’t leave the victims to rot in the street; make them a choir that sings your praises.
- Psalms 74:22 - On your feet, O God— stand up for yourself! Do you hear what they’re saying about you, all the vile obscenities? Don’t tune out their malicious filth, the brawling invective that never lets up.
- Ezekiel 38:10 - “‘Message of God, the Master: At that time you’ll start thinking things over and cook up an evil plot. You’ll say, “I’m going to invade a country without defenses, attack an unsuspecting, carefree people going about their business—no gates to their cities, no locks on their doors. And I’m going to plunder the place, march right in and clean them out, this rebuilt country risen from the ashes, these returned exiles and their booming economy centered down at the navel of the earth.”
- Psalms 79:11 - Give groaning prisoners a hearing; pardon those on death row from their doom—you can do it! Give our jeering neighbors what they’ve got coming to them; let their God-taunts boomerang and knock them flat. Then we, your people, the ones you love and care for, will thank you over and over and over. We’ll tell everyone we meet how wonderful you are, how praiseworthy you are!
- Isaiah 18:4 - For here’s what God told me: “I’m not going to say anything, but simply look on from where I live, Quiet as warmth that comes from the sun, silent as dew during harvest.” And then, just before harvest, after the blossom has turned into a maturing grape, He’ll step in and prune back the new shoots, ruthlessly hack off all the growing branches. He’ll leave them piled on the ground for birds and animals to feed on— Fodder for the summering birds, fodder for the wintering animals.
- Jeremiah 51:54 - “But now listen! Do you hear it? A cry out of Babylon! An unearthly wail out of Chaldea! God is taking his wrecking bar to Babylon. We’ll be hearing the last of her noise— Death throes like the crashing of waves, death rattles like the roar of cataracts. The avenging destroyer is about to enter Babylon: Her soldiers are taken, her weapons are trashed. Indeed, God is a God who evens things out. All end up with their just deserts.
- Jeremiah 51:57 - “I’ll get them drunk, the whole lot of them— princes, sages, governors, soldiers. Dead drunk, they’ll sleep—and sleep and sleep . . . and never wake up.” The King’s Decree. His name? God-of-the-Angel-Armies!
- Isaiah 14:11 - This is where your pomp and fine music led you, Babylon, to your underworld private chambers, A king-size mattress of maggots for repose and a quilt of crawling worms for warmth.
- Isaiah 14:12 - What a comedown this, O Babylon! Daystar! Son of Dawn! Flat on your face in the underworld mud, you, famous for flattening nations!
- Isaiah 14:13 - You said to yourself, “I’ll climb to heaven. I’ll set my throne over the stars of God. I’ll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon. I’ll climb to the top of the clouds. I’ll take over as King of the Universe!”
- Isaiah 14:15 - But you didn’t make it, did you? Instead of climbing up, you came down— Down with the underground dead, down to the abyss of the Pit. People will stare and muse: “Can this be the one Who terrorized earth and its kingdoms, turned earth to a moonscape, Wasted its cities, shut up his prisoners to a living death?”
- Ezekiel 32:20 - “She’ll be dumped in with those killed in battle. The sword is bared. Drag her off in all her proud pomp! All the big men and their helpers down among the dead and buried will greet them: ‘Welcome to the grave of the heathen! Join the ranks of the victims of war!’
- Ezekiel 32:22 - “Assyria is there and its congregation, the whole nation a cemetery. Their graves are in the deepest part of the underworld, a congregation of graves, all killed in battle, these people who terrorized the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:24 - “Elam is there in all her pride, a cemetery—all killed in battle, dumped in her heathen grave with the dead and buried, these people who terrorized the land of the living. They carry their shame with them, along with the others in the grave. They turned Elam into a resort for the pompous dead, landscaped with heathen graves, slaughtered in battle. They once terrorized the land of the living. Now they carry their shame down with the others in deep earth. They’re in the section set aside for the slain in battle.
- Ezekiel 32:26 - “Meshech-tubal is there in all her pride, a cemetery in uncircumcised ground, dumped in with those slaughtered in battle—just deserts for terrorizing the land of the living. Now they carry their shame down with the others in deep earth. They’re in the section set aside for the slain. They’re segregated from the heroes, the old-time giants who entered the grave in full battle dress, their swords placed under their heads and their shields covering their bones, those heroes who spread terror through the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 32:28 - “And you, Egypt, will be dumped in a heathen grave, along with all the rest, in the section set aside for the slain.
- Ezekiel 32:29 - “Edom is there, with her kings and princes. In spite of her vaunted greatness, she is dumped in a heathen grave with the others headed for the grave.
- Ezekiel 32:30 - “The princes of the north are there, the whole lot of them, and all the Sidonians who carry their shame to their graves—all that terror they spread with their brute power!—dumped in unhallowed ground with those killed in battle, carrying their shame with the others headed for deep earth.
- Ezekiel 32:31 - “Pharaoh will see them all and, pompous old goat that he is, take comfort in the company he’ll keep—Pharaoh and his slaughtered army. Decree of God, the Master.
- Ezekiel 32:32 - “I used him to spread terror in the land of the living and now I’m dumping him in heathen ground with those killed by the sword—Pharaoh and all his pomp. Decree of God, the Master.”
- Isaiah 64:1 - Oh, that you would rip open the heavens and descend, make the mountains shudder at your presence— As when a forest catches fire, as when fire makes a pot to boil— To shock your enemies into facing you, make the nations shake in their boots! You did terrible things we never expected, descended and made the mountains shudder at your presence. Since before time began no one has ever imagined, No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you who works for those who wait for him. You meet those who happily do what is right, who keep a good memory of the way you work. But how angry you’ve been with us! We’ve sinned and kept at it so long! Is there any hope for us? Can we be saved? We’re all sin-infected, sin-contaminated. Our best efforts are grease-stained rags. We dry up like autumn leaves— sin-dried, we’re blown off by the wind. No one prays to you or makes the effort to reach out to you Because you’ve turned away from us, left us to stew in our sins.
- Isaiah 10:12 - When the Master has finished dealing with Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he’ll say, “Now it’s Assyria’s turn. I’ll punish the bragging arrogance of the king of Assyria, his high and mighty posturing, the way he goes around saying,
- Isaiah 10:13 - “‘I’ve done all this by myself. I know more than anyone. I’ve wiped out the boundaries of whole countries. I’ve walked in and taken anything I wanted. I charged in like a bull and toppled their kings from their thrones. I reached out my hand and took all that they treasured as easily as a boy taking a bird’s eggs from a nest. Like a farmer gathering eggs from the henhouse, I gathered the world in my basket, And no one so much as fluttered a wing or squawked or even chirped.’”
- Isaiah 10:15 - Does an ax take over from the one who swings it? Does a saw act more important than the sawyer? As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger! As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails! Therefore the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will send a debilitating disease on his robust Assyrian fighters. Under the canopy of God’s bright glory a fierce fire will break out. Israel’s Light will burst into a conflagration. The Holy will explode into a firestorm, And in one day burn to cinders every last Assyrian thornbush. God will destroy the splendid trees and lush gardens. The Assyrian body and soul will waste away to nothing like a disease-ridden invalid. A child could count what’s left of the trees on the fingers of his two hands. * * *
- Isaiah 17:12 - Oh my! Thunder! A thundering herd of people! Thunder like the crashing of ocean waves! Nations roaring, roaring, like the roar of a massive waterfall, Roaring like a deafening Niagara! But God will silence them with a word, And then he’ll blow them away like dead leaves off a tree, like down from a thistle.
- Isaiah 17:14 - At bedtime, terror fills the air. By morning it’s gone—not a sign of it anywhere! This is what happens to those who would ruin us, this is the fate of those out to get us.
- Daniel 11:36 - “‘Meanwhile, the king of the north will do whatever he pleases. He’ll puff himself up and posture himself as greater than any god. He will even dare to brag and boast in defiance of the God of gods. And he’ll get by with it for a while—until this time of wrathful judgment is completed, for what is decreed must be done. He will have no respect for the gods of his ancestors, not even that popular favorite among women, Adonis. Contemptuous of every god and goddess, the king of the north will puff himself up greater than all of them. He’ll even stoop to despising the God of the holy ones, and in the place where God is worshiped he will put on exhibit, with a lavish show of silver and gold and jewels, a new god that no one has ever heard of. Marching under the banner of a strange god, he will attack the key fortresses. He will promote everyone who falls into line behind this god, putting them in positions of power and paying them off with grants of land.
- Daniel 11:40 - “‘In the final wrap-up of this story, the king of the south will confront him. But the king of the north will come at him like a tornado. Unleashing chariots and horses and an armada of ships, he’ll blow away anything in his path. As he enters the beautiful land, people will fall before him like dominoes. Only Edom, Moab, and a few Ammonites will escape. As he reaches out, grabbing country after country, not even Egypt will be exempt. He will confiscate the treasuries of Egyptian gold and silver and other valuables. The Libyans and Ethiopians will fall in with him. Then disturbing reports will come in from the north and east that will throw him into a panic. Towering in rage, he’ll rush to stamp out the threat. But he’ll no sooner have pitched camp between the Mediterranean Sea and the Holy Mountain—all those royal tents!—than he’ll meet his end. And not a soul around who can help!’”
- Jeremiah 50:11 - “You Babylonians had a good time while it lasted, didn’t you? You lived it up, exploiting and using my people, Frisky calves romping in lush pastures, wild stallions out having a good time! Well, your mother would hardly be proud of you. The woman who bore you wouldn’t be pleased. Look at what’s come of you! A nothing nation! Rubble and garbage and weeds! Emptied of life by my holy anger, a desert of death and emptiness. Travelers who pass by Babylon will gasp, appalled, shaking their heads at such a comedown. Gang up on Babylon! Pin her down! Throw everything you have against her. Hold nothing back. Knock her flat. She’s sinned—oh, how she’s sinned, against me! Shout battle cries from every direction. All the fight has gone out of her. Her defenses have been flattened, her walls smashed. ‘Operation God’s Vengeance.’ Pile on the vengeance! Do to her as she has done. Give her a good dose of her own medicine! Destroy her farms and farmers, ravage her fields, empty her barns. And you captives, while the destruction rages, get out while the getting’s good, get out fast and run for home. * * *
- Daniel 7:23 - “The bystander continued, telling me this: ‘The fourth animal is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from the first three kingdoms, a monster kingdom that will chew up everyone in sight and spit them out. The ten horns are ten kings, one after another, that will come from this kingdom. But then another king will arrive. He will be different from the earlier kings. He will begin by toppling three kings. Then he will blaspheme the High God, persecute the followers of the High God, and try to get rid of sacred worship and moral practice. God’s holy people will be persecuted by him for a time, two times, half a time.
- Daniel 7:26 - “‘But when the court comes to order, the horn will be stripped of its power and totally destroyed. Then the royal rule and the authority and the glory of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the people of the High God. Their royal rule will last forever. All other rulers will serve and obey them.’
- Isaiah 10:33 - But now watch this: The Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, swings his ax and lops the branches, Chops down the giant trees, lays flat the towering forest-on-the-march. His ax will make toothpicks of that forest, that Lebanon-like army reduced to kindling.
- Revelation 16:1 - I heard a shout of command from the Temple to the Seven Angels: “Begin! Pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on earth!”
- Revelation 16:2 - The first Angel stepped up and poured his bowl out on earth: Loathsome, stinking sores erupted on all who had taken the mark of the Beast and worshiped its image.
- Revelation 16:3 - The second Angel poured his bowl on the sea: The sea coagulated into blood, and everything in it died.
- Revelation 16:4 - The third Angel poured his bowl on rivers and springs: The waters turned to blood. I heard the Angel of Waters say, Righteous you are, and your judgments are righteous, The Is, The Was, The Holy. They poured out the blood of saints and prophets so you’ve given them blood to drink— they’ve gotten what they deserve! Just then I heard the Altar chime in, Yes, O God, the Sovereign-Strong! Your judgments are true and just!
- Revelation 16:8 - The fourth Angel poured his bowl on the sun: Fire blazed from the sun and scorched men and women. Burned and blistered, they cursed God’s Name, the God behind these disasters. They refused to repent, refused to honor God.
- Revelation 16:10 - The fifth Angel poured his bowl on the throne of the Beast: Its kingdom fell into sudden eclipse. Mad with pain, men and women bit and chewed their tongues, cursed the God-of-Heaven for their torment and sores, and refused to repent and change their ways.
- Revelation 16:12 - The sixth Angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River: It dried up to nothing. The dry riverbed became a fine roadbed for the kings from the East. From the mouths of the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet I saw three foul demons crawl out—they looked like frogs. These are demon spirits performing signs. They’re after the kings of the whole world to get them gathered for battle on the Great Day of God, the Sovereign-Strong.
- Revelation 16:15 - “Keep watch! I come unannounced, like a thief. You’re blessed if, awake and dressed, you’re ready for me. Too bad if you’re found running through the streets, naked and ashamed.”
- Revelation 16:16 - The frog-demons gathered the kings together at the place called in Hebrew Armageddon.
- Revelation 16:17 - The seventh Angel poured his bowl into the air: From the Throne in the Temple came a shout, “Done!” followed by lightning flashes and shouts, thunder crashes and a colossal earthquake—a huge and devastating earthquake, never an earthquake like it since time began. The Great City split three ways, the cities of the nations toppled to ruin. Great Babylon had to drink the wine of God’s raging anger—God remembered to give her the cup! Every island fled and not a mountain was to be found. Hailstones weighing close to a hundred pounds plummeted, crushing and smashing men and women as they cursed God for the hail, the epic disaster of hail.
- Jonah 4:5 - But Jonah just left. He went out of the city to the east and sat down in a sulk. He put together a makeshift shelter of leafy branches and sat there in the shade to see what would happen to the city.
- Jonah 4:6 - God arranged for a broad-leafed tree to spring up. It grew over Jonah to cool him off and get him out of his angry sulk. Jonah was pleased and enjoyed the shade. Life was looking up.
- Jeremiah 51:38 - “The Babylonians will be like lions and their cubs, ravenous, roaring for food. I’ll fix them a meal, all right—a banquet, in fact. They’ll drink themselves falling-down drunk. Dead drunk, they’ll sleep—and sleep, and sleep . . . and they’ll never wake up.” God’s Decree. “I’ll haul these ‘lions’ off to the slaughterhouse like the lambs, rams, and goats, never to be heard of again. * * *
- Jeremiah 51:41 - “Babylon is finished— the pride of the whole earth is flat on her face. What a comedown for Babylon, to end up inglorious in the sewer! Babylon drowned in chaos, battered by waves of enemy soldiers. Her towns stink with decay and rot, the land empty and bare and sterile. No one lives in these towns anymore. Travelers give them a wide berth. I’ll bring doom on the glutton god-Bel in Babylon. I’ll make him vomit up all he gulped down. No more visitors stream into this place, admiring and gawking at the wonders of Babylon. The wonders of Babylon are no more. Run for your lives, my dear people! Run, and don’t look back! Get out of this place while you can, this place torched by God’s raging anger. Don’t lose hope. Don’t ever give up when the rumors pour in hot and heavy. One year it’s this, the next year it’s that— rumors of violence, rumors of war. Trust me, the time is coming when I’ll put the no-gods of Babylon in their place. I’ll show up the whole country as a sickening fraud, with dead bodies strewn all over the place. Heaven and earth, angels and people, will throw a victory party over Babylon When the avenging armies from the north descend on her.” God’s Decree!