How long must I look at our enemy’s battle flag? How long must I hear the sound of the trumpets?

我看见大旗，听见角声，要到几时呢？

我看见大旗，听见角声，要到几时呢？

我看见大旗，听见角声，要到几时呢？

我还要看这旌旗、听这号声到何时呢？

我看见旗号要到几时呢？我听见号角的声音要到几时呢？

我看見大旗，聽見角聲，要到幾時呢？

我看見大旗，聽見角聲，要到幾時呢？

我看見大旗，聽見角聲，要到幾時呢？

我還要看這旌旗、聽這號聲到何時呢？

我看見旗號要到幾時呢？我聽見號角的聲音要到幾時呢？

我看旌旗、要到幾時呢？我聽號角聲、要到多久呢？

我瞻旌斾、我聞角聲、何時而止、

我見旌纛、我聞角音、何時可止。

我見旗纛、我聞角聲、何時為止、

How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long must I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long must I see the battle flags and hear the trumpets of war?

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

How long must I see the flag And hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

How long shall I see the standard,[ and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

“ How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?”

How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

The king of Egypt removed him from his throne in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt made the people of Judah pay him a huge tax. The tax was almost four tons of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

The Lord says,“ People of Benjamin, run for safety! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow trumpets in the city of Tekoa! Warn everyone in Beth Hakkerem! Horrible trouble is coming from the north. The Babylonians will destroy everything with awful power.

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him. He brought him to Babylon. He also brought things of value from the Lord’ s temple. He made Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle.

Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’ s temple. He put them in his own temple there.

I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.

Jeremiah wrote songs of sadness about Josiah. To this day all the male and female singers remember Josiah by singing those songs. That became a practice in Israel. The songs are written down in the Book of the Songs of Sadness.

“ Announce my message in Judah. Tell it in Jerusalem. Say,‘ Blow trumpets all through the land!’ Give a loud shout and say,‘ Gather together! Let’s run to cities that have high walls around them!’Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”

The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.