“ I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

耶和华说：“我必从地上除灭万类。

耶和华说：“我必从地面上彻底除灭万物。

耶和华说：“我必从地面上彻底除灭万物。

“我必毁灭地上的一切。这是耶和华说的。

耶和华说：“我必把万物从地上完全除灭。”

耶和華說：我必從地上除滅萬類。

耶和華說：「我必從地面上徹底除滅萬物。

耶和華說：「我必從地面上徹底除滅萬物。

「我必毀滅地上的一切。這是耶和華說的。

耶和華說：“我必把萬物從地上完全除滅。”

永恆主發神諭說：『我必從地面上徹底掃滅一切。

耶和華曰、我必盡滅萬類於地、

我於斯土、必使百物殄絶、

曰、我於斯地、必除滅萬類、

“ I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

“ I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” announces the Lord.

“ I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth— this is the LORD’s declaration.

“ I will completely remove all things From the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

“ I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land,” Says the Lord;

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth— this is the Lord’s declaration.

I will utterly consume all[ things] from off the land, saith the LORD.

“ I will destroy everything from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.

I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

‘ This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this city and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

But the land will become empty and desolate because of the wickedness of those who live there.

“ Say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.I will completely destroy the land and demolish her pride. Her arrogant power will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate that no one will even travel through them.When I have completely destroyed the land because of their detestable sins, then they will know that I am the Lord.’

So the message of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

“ But the bad figs,” the Lord said,“ represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”

I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”

And the Lord said,“ I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing— all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”

Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn from you in disgust. Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins, a land where no one lives.”This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ Even the few who remain in Israel will be picked over again, as when a harvester checks each vine a second time to pick the grapes that were missed.”

Then I said,“ Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied,“ Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;

Then say to the king,‘ This is what the Lord says: You burned the scroll because it said the king of Babylon would destroy this land and empty it of people and animals.