“ Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败。众人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败；众人坐在地上哀恸，耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大悲哀，城门衰败；众人坐在地上哀恸，耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

“犹大充满悲泣，她的城邑衰败，人人坐在地上痛哭，耶路撒冷哀鸣四起。

“犹大悲哀，她的城镇（“城镇”原文作“城门”）衰落，人人都坐在地上悲伤痛哭；耶路撒冷的哀声上达于天。

猶大悲哀，城門衰敗。眾人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大悲哀，城門衰敗；眾人坐在地上哀慟，耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大悲哀，城門衰敗；眾人坐在地上哀慟，耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

「猶大充滿悲泣，她的城邑衰敗，人人坐在地上痛哭，耶路撒冷哀鳴四起。

“猶大悲哀，她的城鎮（“城鎮”原文作“城門”）衰落，人人都坐在地上悲傷痛哭；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達於天。

『猶大悲哀，她的城門衰敗，人都披上黑衣坐在地上哀悼；耶路撒冷的哀號聲直往上升。

曰、猶大悲哀、邑門衰敗、眾衣墨絰、而坐於地、耶路撒冷號咷、升聞於上、

猶大國懷憂、邑民衰絰、哀慘靡已、耶路撒冷號呼、升聞於上。

猶大國懷憂、邑民咸憊、伏地哀慘、耶路撒冷號呼、聲聞於上、

“ Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

“ Judah is filled with sadness. Its cities are wasting away. The people weep for the land. Crying is heard in Jerusalem.

“ Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

Judah mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

“ Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

“ Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Judah mourns; her gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

“ The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

“ Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief.

Those who didn’t die were afflicted with tumors; and the cry from the town rose to heaven.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.

“ Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger. Starving, they waste away for lack of food from the fields.

Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground. He has smashed their locks and bars. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; her law has ceased to exist. Her prophets receive no more visions from the Lord.

Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me and have hidden traps along my path.

“ About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”

The land of Israel wilts in mourning. Lebanon withers with shame. The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness. Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.

The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the olive oil is gone.

The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.

The earth mourns and dries up, and the land wastes away and withers. Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said,“ The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention. He hears the cries of the needy.

The famine has blackened our skin as though baked in an oven.

God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.

The earth will mourn and the heavens will be draped in black because of my decree against my people. I have made up my mind and will not change it.”

That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away. Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with terror.