That’s because the Lord has already given an order. He will smash large houses to pieces. He will crush small houses to bits.

看哪，耶和华出令，大房就被攻破，小屋就被打裂。

看哪，耶和华发命令，把大房子拆成碎片，小屋子裂为小块。

看哪，耶和华发命令，把大房子拆成碎片，小屋子裂为小块。

看啊，耶和华一声令下，大屋顿成瓦砾，小房化为碎片。

看哪！耶和华下令，大楼就粉碎，小屋也要破裂。

看哪，耶和華出令，大房就被攻破，小屋就被打裂。

看哪，耶和華發命令，把大房子拆成碎片，小屋子裂為小塊。

看哪，耶和華發命令，把大房子拆成碎片，小屋子裂為小塊。

看啊，耶和華一聲令下，大屋頓成瓦礫，小房化為碎片。

看哪！耶和華下令，大樓就粉碎，小屋也要破裂。

因為你看，永恆主一發命令，大房屋就被擊毁、成了碎片，小房屋則被打壞、到四分五裂。

蓋耶和華出令、巨室被擊而碎、小屋亦遭殘破、

蓋耶和華曾言必毀其室家、巨細不分、

蓋主已命毀其大室小室、皆傾圮為瓦礫、

For the Lord has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.

For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.

When the Lord gives the command, homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.

For the LORD commands: The large house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.

For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.

For behold, the Lord gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces.

For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

For the Lord commands: The large house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

“ For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

I will tear down their winter houses. I will also pull down their summer houses. The houses they have decorated with ivory will be destroyed. And their princely houses will be torn down,” announces the Lord.

The words I speak are like that. They will not return to me without producing results. They will accomplish what I want them to. They will do exactly what I sent them to do.

Nebuzaradan set the Lord’ s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.

The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.

“ I will give an order. I will shake the people of Israel among all the nations. They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen. Not a pebble will fall to the ground.

The Lord and King has made a promise in his own name. He is the Lord God who rules over all. He announces,“ I hate the pride of Jacob’s people. I can’t stand their forts. I will hand the city of Samaria and everything in it over to their enemies.”

“ Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar drove his army in a hard military campaign. The campaign was against Tyre. Their helmets rubbed their heads bare. The heavy loads they carried made their shoulders raw. But he and his army did not gain anything from the campaign he led against Tyre.So I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth. He will take away anything else they have. He will give it to his army.I have given Egypt to him as a reward for his efforts. After all, he and his army attacked Egypt because I told them to,” announces the Lord and King.

When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don’t the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn’t the Lord caused it?The Lord and King never does anything without telling his servants the prophets about it.

He spoke, and the locusts came. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted.

Before something even happens, I announce how it will end. In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come. I say,‘ My plan will succeed. I will do anything I want to do.’I will send for a man from the east to carry out my plan. From a land far away, he will come like a bird that kills its food. I will bring about what I have said. I will do what I have planned.

The Lord will gather all the nations together. They will fight against Jerusalem. They’ll capture the city. Its houses will be robbed. Its women will be raped. Half of the people will be taken away as prisoners. But the rest of them won’t be taken.

He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.

I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,“ Strike the tops of the temple pillars. Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake. Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there. I will kill with my swords those who are left alive. None of the Israelites will escape. None will get away.

The Lord spoke, and large numbers of flies came. Gnats filled the whole country.

Nineveh, the Lord has given an order concerning you. He has said,“ You will not have any children to carry on your name. I will destroy the wooden and metal statues that are in the temple of your gods. I will get your grave ready for you. You are worthless.”

The Lord has commanded the soldiers he prepared for battle. He has sent for them to carry out his anger against Babylon. They will be happy when he wins the battle for them.

You didn’t recognize the time when God came to you. So your enemies will smash you to the ground. They will destroy you and all the people inside your walls. They will not leave one stone on top of another.”

The people of Samaria must pay for their sins. They have refused to obey me. They will be killed by swords. Their little children will be smashed on the ground. Their pregnant women will be ripped wide open.”

When a person won’t work, the roof falls down. Because of hands that aren’t busy, the house leaks.