People of Jerusalem, your enemies have surrounded you. They are attacking you. So gather up what belongs to you. Then leave the land.

受围困的人哪，当收拾你的财物，从国中带出去。

受围困的居民哪，当收拾你的行囊，离开这地。

受围困的居民哪，当收拾你的行囊，离开这地。

被围困的犹大人啊，收拾行装吧！

住在被围困的城中的人哪！你们从地上拾起自己的行囊。

受圍困的人哪，當收拾你的財物，從國中帶出去。

受圍困的居民哪，當收拾你的行囊，離開這地。

受圍困的居民哪，當收拾你的行囊，離開這地。

被圍困的猶大人啊，收拾行裝吧！

住在被圍困的城中的人哪！你們從地上拾起自己的行囊。

居於圍困中的城啊，從地上收拾起你的包袱吧！

爾處困者歟、收拾行囊、離乎斯土、

耶和華曰、在邑之民、當斂財貨、蓋我必於斯時、驅逐斯邦、若以繩發石、使之困苦、遭難特甚。

惟爾受困者、當自國中斂爾貨財而出、

Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.

Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!

Pack your bags and prepare to leave; the siege is about to begin.

Gather up your belongings from the ground, you who live under siege.

Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who live under siege!

Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

Gather up your belongings from the ground, you who live under siege.

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.

Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.

“ Son of man, pack your belongings as if you were going on a long trip. Leave in the daytime. Let the people see you. Start out from where you are. Go to another place. Perhaps they will understand the meaning of what you are doing. But they will still refuse to obey me.Bring out your belongings packed for a long trip. Do this during the daytime. Let the people see you. Then in the evening, pretend you are being forced to leave home. Let the people see you.While the people are watching, dig through the mud bricks of your house. Then take your belongings out through the hole in the wall.Put them on your shoulder. Carry them out at sunset. Let the people see you. Cover your face so you can’t see the land. All of that will show the Israelites what is going to happen to them.”So I did just as he commanded me. During the day I brought out my things as if I were going on a long trip. In the evening I dug through the wall of my house with my hands. At sunset I took my belongings out. I put them on my shoulders. The people watched what I was doing.In the morning a message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,“ Son of man, didn’t the Israelites ask you,‘ What are you doing?’ They always refuse to obey me.“ Tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ This prophecy is about Zedekiah, the prince in Jerusalem. It is also about all the Israelites who still live there.” ’Tell them,‘ The things I’ve done are a picture of what’s going to happen to you.“‘ So what I’ve done will happen to you. You will be forced to leave home. You will be taken to Babylon as prisoners.’“ The prince among them will put his things on his shoulder and leave. He will do this at sunset. Someone will dig a hole in the city wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so he can’t see the land.

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.

Jerusalem, I am against you,” announces the Lord.“ You live above this valley. You are on a high, rocky plain. And you say,‘ Who can come against us? Who can enter our place of safety?’

Get up! Leave this land! It is no longer your resting place. You have made it‘ unclean.’ You have completely destroyed it.

“ The prophet Daniel spoke about‘ the hated thing that destroys.’( Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) Someday you will see it standing in the holy place. The reader should understand this.