“ In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away.

到那日，雅各的荣耀必至枵薄；他肥胖的身体必渐瘦弱。

到那日，雅各的荣美必失色，它肥胖的身躯渐渐消瘦；

到那日，雅各的荣美必失色，它肥胖的身躯渐渐消瘦；

“到那日，雅各的荣耀必消失，他肥胖的身躯必渐渐消瘦。

“到那日，雅各的荣耀必衰落，他肥胖的身体必消瘦。

“到那日，雅各的荣耀必衰微，他肥壮的身体必消瘦；

到那日，雅各的榮耀必至枵薄；他肥胖的身體必漸瘦弱。

到那日，雅各的榮美必失色，它肥胖的身軀漸漸消瘦；

到那日，雅各的榮美必失色，它肥胖的身軀漸漸消瘦；

「到那日，雅各的榮耀必消失，他肥胖的身軀必漸漸消瘦。

“到那日，雅各的榮耀必衰落，他肥胖的身體必消瘦。

當那日子雅各的威榮必衰落，他皮肉的肥胖必消瘦。

「到那日，雅各的榮耀必衰微，他肥壯的身體必消瘦；

是日也、雅各之榮消減、豐腴之軀瘦瘠、

當是日雅各家肥健之人、變為瘦瘠、尊榮之輩、降為卑賤、

當是日雅各之榮華必減、其軀之豐腴必瘠、

“ In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.

“ In days to come, the glory of Jacob’s people will fade. Their strength will get weaker and weaker.

And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.

On that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and his healthy body will become emaciated.

Now on that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

“ In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

On that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and his healthy body will become emaciated.

And in that day it shall come to pass,[ that] the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

“ At that time Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones.

“ It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.

“ But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God, to gods they had not known before, to new gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared.You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.“ The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.He said,‘ I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked my anger with their useless idols. Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows.I will weaken them with famine, burning fever, and deadly disease. I will send the fangs of wild beasts and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young women, both infants and the aged.I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them.But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say,“ Our own power has triumphed! The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’

Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

The Lord will terrify them as he destroys all the gods in the land. Then nations around the world will worship the Lord, each in their own land.

You will stumble along as prisoners or lie among the dead. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

The Lord has spoken out against Jacob; his judgment has fallen upon Israel.

We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.

Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

“ Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep.