Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which[ is] at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

“你在犹大人眼前要用手拿几块大石头，藏在砌砖的灰泥中，就是在答比匿法老的宫门那里，

“你要在犹大人眼前用手拿几块大石头，藏在答比匿法老的宫门砌砖的石墩上，

“你要在犹大人眼前用手拿几块大石头，藏在答比匿法老的宫门砌砖的石墩上，

“你当着犹大人的面搬几块大石头，埋在答比匿的法老宫门前的砖路下面，

“你要在犹大人眼前亲手拿几块大石头，埋藏在答比匿法老宫殿门前砖窑的灰泥中；

「你在猶大人眼前要用手拿幾塊大石頭，藏在砌磚的灰泥中，就是在答比匿法老的宮門那裏，

「你要在猶大人眼前用手拿幾塊大石頭，藏在答比匿法老的宮門砌磚的石墩上，

「你要在猶大人眼前用手拿幾塊大石頭，藏在答比匿法老的宮門砌磚的石墩上，

「你當著猶大人的面搬幾塊大石頭，埋在答比匿的法老宮門前的磚路下面，

“你要在猶大人眼前親手拿幾塊大石頭，埋藏在答比匿法老宮殿門前磚窰的灰泥中；

『你要當着猶大人眼前親手拿着幾塊大石頭，去埋藏在長方廣場的灰泥中，在答比匿法老宮殿的門口那裏，

手取巨石、藏於答比匿法老宮門前鋪磚地之泥中、使猶大人目睹、

在答比匿邑、法老宮前、有陶瓦之所、爾以大石藏之於土、使猶大人目睹、

爾取大石、藏於灰泥中、於磚窰間、於磚窰間或作於鋪磚處在答比匿法老之宮門前、使猶大人目睹、

“ While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes.

“ Make sure the Jews are watching you. Then get some large stones. Go to the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes. Bury the stones in the clay under the brick walkway there.

“ Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,

“ While the people of Judah are watching, take some large rocks and bury them under the pavement stones at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace here in Tahpanhes.

“ Pick up some large stones and set them in the mortar of the brick pavement that is at the opening of Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. Do this in the sight of the Judean men

“ Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the Jews;

“ Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes;

Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

“ Pick up some large stones and set them in the mortar of the brick pavement that is at the opening of Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. Do this in the sight of the Judean men

“ Take some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh’s residence here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching.

“ Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make[ it].Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay[ is] in the potter’s hand, so[ are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.[ At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy[ it];If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.And[ at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant[ it];If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and[ take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which[ is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire[ for] burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake[ it], neither came[ it] into my mind:Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as[ one] breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury[ them] in Tophet, till[ there be] no place to bury.Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and[ even] make this city as Tophet:And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD’S house; and said to all the people,Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put[ it] on my loins.And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,Take the girdle that thou hast got, which[ is] upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two[ were] alone in the field:And Ahijah caught the new garment that[ was] on him, and rent it[ in] twelve pieces:And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod,( when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years[ for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with[ their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city,[ even] Jerusalem:And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set[ battering] rams against it round about.Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it[ for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This[ shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it:[ according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm[ shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof,[ according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.And thy meat which thou shalt eat[ shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.And thou shalt eat it[ as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause[ it] to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the[ hair].Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part,[ and] smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire;[ for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.Thus saith the Lord GOD; This[ is] Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries[ that are] round about her.And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that[ are] round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that[ are] round about you,[ and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that[ are] round about you;Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I,[ am] against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.Wherefore,[ as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish[ thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken[ it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that[ are] round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that[ are] round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken[ it].When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for[ their] destruction,[ and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken[ it].

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book,[ that] thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far[ are] the words of Jeremiah.

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast[ it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve,[ was] with rigour.

And he brought forth the people that[ were] therein, and put[ them] under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they[ be] a rebellious house.Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.In their sight shalt thou bear[ it] upon[ thy] shoulders,[ and] carry[ it] forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee[ for] a sign unto the house of Israel.And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought[ it] forth in the twilight,[ and] I bare[ it] upon[ my] shoulder in their sight.And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden[ concerneth] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that[ are] among them.Say, I[ am] your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove[ and] go into captivity.And the prince that[ is] among them shall bear upon[ his] shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with[ his] eyes.My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon[ to] the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.And I will scatter toward every wind all that[ are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.And they shall know that I[ am] the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I[ am] the LORD.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver[ him] into the hands of the Gentiles.