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The Utter Destruction of Babylon

¹Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will raise up against ⚓Babylon,
Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,
⚓A destroying wind.
²And I will send ⚓winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
⚓For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
³Against her⚓let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
⚓Utterly destroy all her army.
⁴Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,
⚓And those thrust through in her streets.
⁵For Israel is ⚓not forsaken, nor Judah,
By his God, the Lord of hosts,
Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”
⁶⚓Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For ⚓this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
⚓He shall recompense her.
⁷⚓Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
⚓The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations ⚓are deranged.
⁸Babylon has suddenly ⚓fallen and been destroyed.
⚓Wail for her!
⚓Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
⁹We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and ⚓let us go everyone to his own country;
⚓For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
¹⁰The Lord has ⚓revealed our righteousness.
Come and let us ⚓declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
¹¹⚓Make the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
⚓The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
⚓For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is⚓the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
¹²⚓Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
¹³⚓O you who dwell by many waters,
Abundant in treasures,
Your end has come,
The measure of your covetousness.
¹⁴⚓The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with men, ⚓as with locusts,
And they shall lift ⚓up a shout against you.”
¹⁵⚓He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And ⚓stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
¹⁶When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
⚓“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
¹⁷⚓Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
⚓For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
¹⁸They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
¹⁹The Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things;
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance.
The Lord of hosts is His name.
²⁰“You⚓are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
²¹With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
²²With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces ⚓old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
²³With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
²⁴“And⚓ I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
²⁵“Behold, I am against you, ⚓O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
⚓And make you a burnt mountain.
²⁶They shall not take from you a stone for a corner
Nor a stone for a foundation,
⚓But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
²⁷⚓Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
⚓Prepare the nations against her,
Call ⚓the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
²⁸Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.
²⁹And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every ⚓purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
⚓To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
³⁰The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
⚓They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
⚓The bars of her gate are broken.
³¹⚓One runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
³²⚓The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
³³For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is⚓like a threshing floor
When⚓it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
⚓And the time of her harvest will come.”
³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has ⚓devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an ⚓empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
³⁵Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
³⁶Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ⚓I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
⚓I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
³⁷⚓Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
⚓An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
³⁸They shall roar together like lions,
They shall growl like lions’ whelps.
³⁹In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
⚓I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says the Lord.
⁴⁰“I will bring them down
Like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams with male goats.
⁴¹“Oh, how ⚓Sheshach is taken!
Oh, how ⚓the praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!
⁴²⚓The sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
⁴³⚓Her cities are a desolation,
A dry land and a wilderness,
A land where ⚓no one dwells,
Through which no son of man passes.
⁴⁴I will punish ⚓Bel in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, ⚓the wall of Babylon shall fall.
⁴⁵“My⚓ people, go out of the midst of her!
And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.
⁴⁶And lest your heart faint,
And you fear ⚓for the rumor that will be heard in the land
(A rumor will come one year,
And after that, in another year
A rumor will come,
And violence in the land,
Ruler against ruler),
⁴⁷Therefore behold, the days are coming
That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon;
Her whole land shall be ashamed,
And all her slain shall fall in her midst.
⁴⁸Then ⚓the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
⚓For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.
⁴⁹As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,
So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall.
⁵⁰⚓You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
⚓Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
⁵¹⚓We are ashamed because we have heard reproach.
Shame has covered our faces,
For strangers ⚓have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
⁵²“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will bring judgment on her carved images,
And throughout all her land the wounded shall groan.
⁵³⚓Though Babylon were to mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
⁵⁴⚓The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
⁵⁵Because the Lord is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,
⁵⁶Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
⚓For the Lordis the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.
⁵⁷“And I will make drunk
Her princes and ⚓wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says ⚓the King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.
⁵⁸Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly ⚓broken,
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
⚓The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”

Jeremiah’s Command to Seraiah

⁵⁹The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of ⚓Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster. ⁶⁰So Jeremiah ⚓wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. ⁶¹And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words, ⁶²then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that ⚓none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’ ⁶³Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, ⚓that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. ⁶⁴Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

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Txiav Txim Ntxiv rau Cov Npanpiloos

¹Tus TSWV hais tias, “Kuv tabtom tso cua ntsawj kev puastsuaj tuaj tawmtsam Npanpiloos thiab nws cov pejxeem. ²Kuv yuav tso lwm haivneeg tuaj rhuav Npanpiloos ib yam li cua ntsawj tej quavnyab. Hnub uas kev puastsuaj los txog, lawv yuav tuaj txhua phab tuaj tua Npanpiloos kom lub tebchaws nyob qhuav nquas cia. ³Tsis txhob pub nws cov tubrog tau sijhawm tua lawv tej hneevnti lossis hnav lawv tej ris tsho ua rog li. Tsis txhob tseg tej tub hluas li. Tua cov tubrog kom tuag tas! ⁴Lawv yuav raug mob thiab tuag rau ntawm tej kev hauv lawv tej nroog. ⁵Kuv yog tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv tus muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus; txawm yog cov Yixalayees thiab cov Yudas tau ua txhaum tawmtsam kuv uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas dawbhuv los kuv tsis tso lawv tseg. ⁶Nej cia li khiav tawm hauv Npanpiloos mus! Khiav tiag kom nej dim! Tsis txhob this cov Npanpiloos lub txim tuag. Nimno kuv tabtom ua pauj thiab rau txim rau cov Npanpiloos raws li lawv tsimnyog raug. ⁷Npanpiloos zoo ib yam li lub khob kub hauv kuv txhais tes uas muab rau neeg ntiajteb haus kom qaug. Txhua haivneeg uas haus cov cawv hauv lub khob ntawd ua rau lawv tsis meejpem lawm. ⁸Tos nco xwb Npanpiloos cia li ntog thiab puastsuaj lawm! Cia li quaj ntsuag rau Npanpiloos! Cia li muab tshuaj qhwv nws tej qhov txhab tej zaum nyaj nws yuav zoo. ⁹Tej neeg txawv tebchaws uas nyob ntawd hais tias, ‘Peb pab Npanpiloos, tiamsis pab tsis tau. Peb cia li rov qab mus tsev. Vajtswv rau txim hnyav heev rau Npanpiloos nws thiaj puastsuaj lawm.’ ”
¹⁰Tus TSWV hais tias, “Kuv haivneeg, nej cia li qw hais tias, ‘Peb cov uas nyob ntawm nws sab xis, cia li mus piav tej uas tus TSWV uas yog peb tus Vajtswv tau ua lawm rau cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees paub.’ ”
¹¹Tus TSWV twb tshoov cov vajntxwv uas kav tebchaws Medias siab kom tuaj rhuav tebchaws Npanpiloos raws li nws npaj siab lawm. Rau qhov lawv tau tuaj rhuav tus TSWV lub Tuamtsev, nws thiaj ua pauj rau lawv.
Cov thawj tubrog samhwm hais tias, “Nej cia li hov nej tej xubvos! Cia li nqa nej tej thaiv hniav ntaj! ¹²Cia li kwv chij coj tubrog mus tsoo lub nroog Npanpiloos tej ntsayeej. Cia li tso tubrog mus zov tej chaw fajxwm khov kho! Tso tubrog mus zov kev tos kom zoo!”
Tus TSWV tau ua rau cov Npanpiloos raws li nws tau hais tseg lawm. ¹³Muaj ntau tus dej thiab ntau lub qhov nyiaj qhov kub nyob hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, tiamsis nws lub sijhawm tas thiab nws txojsia tu lawm. ¹⁴Tus TSWV uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus coglus hais tias, nws yuav coj neeg coob heev ib yam li cov kooj txomfav tuaj tawmtsam lub nroog Npanpiloos, lawv yuav qw zoo siab rau qhov lawv yeej lawm.

Zaj Nkauj Qhuas Vajtswv

¹⁵Tus TSWV tsim lub ntiajteb los
ntawm nws lub hwjchim;
nws tsim lub qab ntuj los ntawm nws lub tswvyim;
thiab nthuav lub ntuj los ntawm nws
txojkev txawj ntse.
¹⁶Thaum tus TSWV hais rau tej dej saum nruab ntug,
ces tej dej txawm nrov nroo ntws;
nws ua kom muaj huab tsaus nti tim qab ntug los.
Nws ua kom muaj xob laim thaum los nag,
thiab tso cua hauv nws lub txhab tuaj ntsawj.
¹⁷Neeg txhua tus puavleej ruam thiab
tsis muaj kev txawj ntse;
cov neeg nchuav mlom yuav raug txajmuag;
rau qhov tej mlom uas lawv nchuav
tsis muaj sia thiab cuav xwb.
¹⁸Tej mlom ntawd tsis muaj qabhau
thiab tsimnyog raug thuam;
thaum tus TSWV los txiav txim rau lawv,
lawv yuav puastsuaj tas.
¹⁹Yakhauj tus Vajtswv tsis zoo li tej
mlom ntawd;
nws yog tus uas tsim ib puas tsav yam,
thiab nws xaiv cov Yixalayees los ua nws haivneeg.
Nws lub npe hu ua tus TSWV uas
muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.

Tus TSWV Rab Rauj

²⁰Tus TSWV hais tias,
“Npanpiloos, koj yog kuv rab rauj
uas yog kuv tej cuabyeej ua rog.
Kuv siv koj tsoo ntau haivneeg thiab ntau lub tebchaws,
²¹tsoo cov tubrog caij nees thiab tej nees,
tsoo cov tsav tsheb nees thiab tej tsheb nees,
²²tua cov txivneej thiab cov pojniam,
tua cov laus thiab cov hluas,
tua tej menyuam tub thiab tej menyuam ntxhais,
²³tua cov neeg yug yaj thiab lawv tej yaj,
tua tej tub qoob tub loo thiab lawv tej nees laij teb,
tua tej tswvxeev thiab tej nomtswv huv tibsi povtseg.”

Npanpiloos Puastsuaj

²⁴Tus TSWV hais tias, “Nej yuav pom kuv ua pauj rau Npanpiloos thiab nws cov pejxeem uas tau ua phem ua qias rau lub nroog Yeluxalees. ²⁵Npanpiloos, koj zoo ib yam li lub hauv roob uas ua rau lub ntiajteb puastsuaj, tiamsis kuv uas yog tus TSWV, kuv yog koj tus yeebncuab. Kuv yuav chua koj rau hauv av thiab cia koj da qhov tshauv. ²⁶Tej pobzeb uas tawm ntawm koj los tsis muaj ib lub zoo coj mus ua tsev li, koj yuav ua suabpuam mus ibtxhis. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas hais li ntawd.
²⁷“Cia li kwv chij txhij tubrog thiab tshuab raj tshuab xyu kom txhua haivneeg npaj mus ua rog tawmtsam Npanpiloos! Hais kom lub tebchaws Alalaj, Minis thiab Akenas cov tubrog coj ib cov nees coob ib yam li cov kooj txomfav mus tua Npanpiloos thiab tsa ib tug ua tus thawj coj mus tua rog. ²⁸Kom txhua haivneeg npaj mus ua rog rau Npanpiloos. Cia li hais kom Medias cov vajntxwv, lawv cov thawjcoj, cov nomtswv thiab cov tubrog uas nyob hauv tej tebchaws uas lawv kav tuaj. ²⁹Lub ntiajteb qeeg ua zog koog, rau qhov tus TSWV ua rau Npanpiloos puastsuaj ua suabpuam tas tsis muaj neeg nyob raws li nws tau npaj tseg lawm. ³⁰Npanpiloos tej tubrog tseg tsis sib tua lawm, lawv nyob twjywm hauv tej yeej, rau qhov lawv zog ntaug tas zoo li tej pojniam xwb. Tej roojvag nroog pob puas tas, thiab lawv tej vajtse los kub hnyiab tas huv tibsi lawm. ³¹Cov neeg mus tshabxo rau tus vajntxwv uas kav tebchaws Npanpiloos ib tug tas ib tug tuaj hais tias nws lub nroog twb puastsuaj tas lawm. ³²Yeebncuab twb tuaj txeeb tau tus dej uas ntws phua hauv lub nroog thiab twb hlawv tej chaw fajxwm kub hnyiab tas lawm. Cov tubrog Npanpiloos ntshai tshee hnyo ua ibce tuag tas. ³³Tsis ntev yeebncuab twb yuav muab lawv hlais thiab tsuj ib yam li luag tsuj nplej hauv lub tshav ntaus nplej. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais li ntawd.”
³⁴Tus vajntxwv uas kav cov Npanpiloos muab
lub nroog Yeluxalees noj lawm.
Nws ua rau lub nroog nyob khoob
lug cia ib yam li lub hub;
zoo ib yam li tus zaj nqos lub nroog Yeluxalees.
Nws coj txhua yam uas nws xav tau mus tas
thiab tseg tej uas nws tis xav yuav xwb.
³⁵Cov neeg uas nyob hauv Xi-oos cia li hais tias,
“Cia Npanpiloos ris lub txim uas nws
ua nruj ua tsiv rau peb!”
Cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees cia li hais tias,
“Cia Npanpiloos ris lub txim uas nws
ua rau peb raug kev txomnyem!”

Tus TSWV Yuav Pab Cov Yixalayees

³⁶Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV hais rau cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees hais tias, “Kuv yuav pab txheem nej rooj plaub, thiab kuv yuav ua pauj nej cov yeebncuab raws li tej uas lawv tau ua rau nej lawm. Kuv yuav ua kom Npanpiloos tej qhovdej thiab tej dej cag qhuav. ³⁷Kom lub tebchaws puastsuaj ua chaw rau tej tsiaj qus los nyob. Tej neeg dua kev yuav txob thuam thiab ntshai, tsis muaj leejtwg mus nyob hauv. ³⁸Cov Npanpiloos yuav nyooj ib yam li tsov ntxhuav thiab yuav quaj ib yam li tej menyuam tsov ntxhuav. ³⁹Puas yog lawv ua neeg siab hlob? Kuv yuav npaj ib rooj noj haus rau lawv, kom lawv noj tsau haus qaug thiab zoo siab. Lawv yuav mus pw thiab tsis sawv li lawm. ⁴⁰Kuv yuav coj lawv mus tua ib yam li luag tua tej menyuam yaj, tej tshis thiab tej laug yaj. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas hais li ntawd.”

Tej Xwm uas Raug Npanpiloos

⁴¹Tus TSWV hais txog Npanpiloos li no: “Lub nroog uas neeg ntiajteb qhuas luag twb txeeb tau lawm! Npanpiloos raug puastsuaj ua rau neeg ntiajteb ntshai kawg li! ⁴²Dej hiavtxwv ntas nphau nphwv thiab nrov nroo ntws tuaj nyab Npanpiloos. ⁴³Tej nroog hauv Npanpiloos yuav ua suabpuam tsis muaj dej, neeg yuav ntshai tsis mus qhov ntawd lossis tsis muaj neeg mus nyob hauv. ⁴⁴Kuv yuav rau txim rau Npeles uas yog Npanpiloos tus vajtswv kom nws tsis txhob mus nyiag luag tug; tej neeg ntiajteb yuav tsis hawm nws ntxiv lawm.
“Npanpiloos tej ntsayeej twb pob puas tas lawm. ⁴⁵Cov Yixalayees, nej cia li khiav tawm hauv Npanpiloos mus! Cia li khiav kom nej dim ntawm kuv txojkev chim. ⁴⁶Tsis txhob ntshai lossis qaug zog rau tej xwm tsis zoo uas nej hnov. Tej xwm tsis zoo ntawd ib xyoos luag hais txawv lawm ib yam, yog hais txog tej xwm ua nruj ua tsiv hauv lub tebchaws uas ib tug vajntxwv sawv tawmtsam ib tug. ⁴⁷Twb yuav txog lub sijhawm uas kuv rau txim rau Npanpiloos tej mlom; thoob plaws nws lub tebchaws yuav poob ntsejmuag, thiab nws tej pejxeem yuav raug luag tua tuag tas. ⁴⁸Thaum cov neeg uas nyob sab qaumteb tuaj rhuav Npanpiloos puastsuaj lawm, txhua tsav yam uas nyob hauv lub ntiajteb thiab saum nruab ntug yuav qw zoo siab heev. ⁴⁹Vim Npanpiloos tau ua rau tej neeg uas nyob thoob ntiajteb raug kev ploj kev tuag thiab ua rau cov Yixalayees coob leej raug kev ploj kev tuag, nimno Npanpiloos thiaj yuav poob rau luag tes. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas hais li ntawd.”

Vajtswv Hais Rau Cov Yixalayees uas Nyob Hauv Npanpiloos

⁵⁰Tus TSWV hais rau nws haivneeg uas nyob hauv Npanpiloos hais tias, “Nej twb dim kev tuag lawm! Nimno nej cia li tawm mus! Tsis txhob tos li! Txawm yog nej mus nyob deb nej lub tebchaws los nej yuav tsum nco ntsoov kuv uas yog nej tus TSWV thiab xav ntsoov txog lub nroog Yeluxalees. ⁵¹Nej hais tias, ‘Peb raug luag rhuav ntsejmuag ua rau peb txajmuag kawg. Peb tas kev cia siab, rau qhov cov neeg txawv tebchaws tuaj txeeb tau lub Tuamtsev uas yog qhov chaw Dawbhuv lawm.’ ⁵²Yog li ntawd, kuv qhia rau nej hais tias twb yuav txog lub sijhawm uas kuv rau txim rau Npanpiloos tej mlom, thiab cov neeg uas raug mob thoob tebchaws yuav ntsaj zom zaws. ⁵³Txawm yog Npanpiloos yuav nce mus txog saum nruab ntug thiab ua chaw fajxwm ruaj khov rau saud los kuv yuav tso neeg mus rhuav kom puastsuaj tas. Kuv yog tus TSWV uas hais li ntawd.”

Npanpiloos Raug Kev Puastsuaj Dua

⁵⁴Tus TSWV hais tias,
“Nej cia li mloog tej suab quaj hauv
Npanpiloos,
tej suab quaj suab nyiav hauv lub
tebchaws uas raug puastsuaj.
⁵⁵Kuv tabtom rhuav Npanpiloos kom
nws lub suab ntsiag.
Tej tubrog tuaj nrov nroo ntws ib
yam li dej hiavtxwv ntas,
thiab qw ntshoo nrooj tuaj tawmtsam nws.
⁵⁶Lawv tuaj rhuav Npanpiloos kom puastsuaj;
Npanpiloos tej tubrog twb raug luag ntes,
thiab lawv tej hneevnti lov tas lawm.
Kuv yog tus TSWV uas rau txim rau txojkev phem kev qias,
thiab kuv yuav rau txim rau
Npanpiloos kom tsimnyog nws tej kev txhaum.
⁵⁷Kuv yuav muab cawv rau nws cov nomtswv,
tej tub txawg tub ntse,
tej thawjcoj thiab tej tubrog haus kom qaug.
Lawv yuav mus pw thiab tsis sawv li lawm.
Kuv yog tus Vajntxwv uas hais li ntawd;
Kuv yog tus TSWV uas muaj
hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.
⁵⁸Npanpiloos tus ntsayeej uas ruaj
khov yuav pob puas tas rau hauv av,
thiab nws tej roojvag tsomfaj raug hlawv kub hnyiab tas.
Tes haujlwm uas txhua haivneeg ua tsis muaj qabhau,
lawv tej zog ntaug tas.
Kuv yog tus TSWV uas muaj
hwjchim loj kawg nkaus hais li ntawd.”

Yelemis Cov Lus Uas Xa Mus Rau Npanpiloos

⁵⁹Yelemis samhwm rau Xelayas uas yog Vajntxwv Xedekiyas ib tug nom, Xelayas yog Neliyas tus tub thiab yog Maxeyas tus xeebntxwv. Thaum uas Xedekiyas ua Vajntxwv kav tebchaws Yudas tau plaub xyoo, Xelayas raug ntes nrog Vajntxwv Xedekiyas mus rau tebchaws Npanpiloos lawm. ⁶⁰Kuv sau ib thooj ntawv hais txog tej kev puastsuaj uas yuav los raug Npanpiloos; tej lus uas kuv sau no yog hais txog tej kev puastsuaj thiab lwm yam uas yuav los raug Npanpiloos. ⁶¹Kuv hais rau Xelayas hais tias, “Thaum koj mus txog tim Npanpiloos lawm, koj nco ntsoov nyeem kuv cov lus uas sau rau hauv thooj ntawv no nrov nrov rau sawvdaws mloog. ⁶²Tom qab ntawd nej thov Vajtswv hais tias, ‘Tus TSWV koj hais tias koj yuav rhuav lub nroog no kom tsis muaj ib yam dabtsi nyob hauv, tsis hais neeg lossis tej tsiaj txhu thiab lub nroog no yuav ua suabpuam mus ibtxhis.’ ⁶³Xelayas, thaum koj nyeem thooj ntawv no rau lawv mloog tas lawm, koj muab pav rau ib lub pobzeb thiab muab pov rau hauv tus Dej Efalates ⁶⁴thiab hais tias, ‘Yuav muaj tej xwm li no los raug Npanpiloos, Npanpiloos yuav tog rau hauv qabthu ib yam li no thiab tsis tawm los li lawm, rau qhov tus TSWV yuav tso kev puastsuaj los raug Npanpiloos.’ ”
Yelemis cov lus xaus li no.