Listen! A message is coming! I hear the sound of a great army marching down from the north! It will turn Judah’s towns into a desert. They will become a home for wild dogs.

有风声！看哪，敌人来了！有大扰乱从北方出来，要使犹大城邑变为荒凉，成为野狗的住处。”

有风声！看哪，来了！有大扰乱从北方而来，要使犹大的城镇变为废墟，成为野狗的住处。

有风声！看哪，来了！有大扰乱从北方而来，要使犹大的城镇变为废墟，成为野狗的住处。

听啊，有消息传来，喧嚣的敌军从北方冲来，要使犹大的城邑荒凉，沦为豺狼的巢穴。

听哪！有风声传来，有大骚动从北方之地而来，要使犹大的城市荒凉，成为野狗的巢穴。

有風聲！看哪，敵人來了！有大擾亂從北方出來，要使猶大城邑變為荒涼，成為野狗的住處。

有風聲！看哪，來了！有大擾亂從北方而來，要使猶大的城鎮變為廢墟，成為野狗的住處。

有風聲！看哪，來了！有大擾亂從北方而來，要使猶大的城鎮變為廢墟，成為野狗的住處。

聽啊，有消息傳來，喧囂的敵軍從北方衝來，要使猶大的城邑荒涼，淪為豺狼的巢穴。

聽哪！有風聲傳來，有大騷動從北方之地而來，要使猶大的城市荒涼，成為野狗的巢穴。

聽啊，有風聲！看哪，敵人來了！有大騷動從北地而來，要使猶大城市變成荒涼，作為野狗的住處。

風聲傳至、大亂來自北方、將使猶大諸邑荒蕪、為野犬之居所、

風聞敵至、北方大震、使猶大諸邑荒蕪、為野犬之藪穴。

風聲至矣、有大震動、自北方而來、使猶大諸邑荒蕪、為豺狼之洞穴、

Listen! The report is coming— a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!— a great commotion out of the north country to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.

Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies as they roll down from the north. The towns of Judah will be destroyed and become a haunt for jackals.

Listen! A noise— it is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made desolate, a jackals’ den.

The sound of a report! Behold, it is coming— A great roar from the land of the north— To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

Behold, the noise of the report has come, And a great commotion out of the north country, To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.

The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling- place of jackals.

Listen! A noise— it is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made desolate, a jackals’ den.

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate,[ and] a den of dragons.

Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.

The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.

The Lord says,“ I will knock down all of Jerusalem’s buildings. I will make it a home for wild dogs. The towns of Judah will be completely destroyed. No one will be able to live in them.”

I am about to send for all the armies in the northern kingdoms,” announces the Lord.“ Their kings will come to Jerusalem. They will set up their thrones at the very gates of the city. They will attack all the walls that surround the city. They will go to war against all the towns of Judah.

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.

The Lord says to Jerusalem,“ Look! An army is coming from the land of the north. I am stirring up a great nation. Its army is coming from a land that is very far away.

“ People of Israel, listen to me,” announces the Lord.“ I am bringing against you a nation from far away. It is an old nation. And it will last for a long time. Its people speak a language you do not know. You can’t understand what they are saying.

I am going to send the armies of Babylon to attack you. They are very mean. They move quickly. They sweep across the whole earth. They take over homes that do not belong to them.They terrify others. They do not recognize any laws but their own. That is how proud they are.Their horses are faster than leopards. They are meaner than wolves at sunset. Their horsemen charge straight into battle. They ride in from far away. They come down like an eagle diving for its food.All of them are ready and willing to destroy others. Their huge armies advance like a wind out of the desert. They gather prisoners like sand.

instead of Esau. I have turned Esau’s hill country into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert.”

Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”