“ Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.

我若使恶兽经过糟践那地，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

我若使恶兽经过那地，大肆蹂躏，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

我若使恶兽经过那地，大肆蹂躏，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

倘若我使猛兽在那里横行、肆虐，以致那里荒凉、人踪绝迹，

如果我使猛兽经过那地，蹂躏那地，使它荒凉，以致因为这些兽的缘故，没有人敢经过；

我若使惡獸經過糟踐那地，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

我若使惡獸經過那地，大肆蹂躪，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

我若使惡獸經過那地，大肆蹂躪，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

倘若我使猛獸在那裡橫行、肆虐，以致那裡荒涼、人蹤絕跡，

如果我使猛獸經過那地，蹂躪那地，使它荒涼，以致因為這些獸的緣故，沒有人敢經過；

或者我若使惡獸經過那地而蹧踐它，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸人都不得經過；

我若使暴獸經於其地、而毀壞之、致成荒蕪、因獸之故、無人過之、

如我使暴獸侵噬其國、致之荒蕪、人蹤罕見、

如我使猛獸侵其國、吞噬人民、使地荒蕪、因獸無人經過、

“ Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,

“ Or suppose I send wild animals through that country. And they kill all its children. It becomes a dry and empty desert. No one can pass through it because of the animals.

“ If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts,

“ Suppose I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals.

“ If I were to cause vicious animals to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the animals,

“ If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,

If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

“ If I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals,

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

“ Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

“ If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;

I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

“ I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord.“ I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.

Then the prophet told him,“ Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me.” And when he had gone, a lion did attack and kill him.

But since these foreign settlers did not worship the Lord when they first arrived, the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.