1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
1 "到那一天（这是耶和华的宣告）， 敌人要把犹大列王、首领、祭司、先知和耶路撒冷居民的骸骨， 都从他们的坟墓里取出来，
2 拋散在太阳、月亮和天上的万象之下， 就是他们从前所爱慕、服事、跟随、求问、敬拜的。这些骸骨必不再被收殓埋葬， 必在地面上成为粪肥。
3 这邪恶的家族剩下的余民， 在我驱逐他们到的各地， 宁可选择死， 也不要存活。"这是万军之耶和华的宣告。
4 "你要对他们说： ‘耶和华这样说： 人跌倒了， 不再起来吗？人偏离了， 不再回转吗？
5 这人民为什么背道， 耶路撒冷为什么长久偏离？他们定意行诡诈， 不肯回转。
6 我留心听， 但他们都不说真实的话。没有人为自己的恶行后悔， 说： "我究竟作了什么？"他们各人继续走自己偏差的路， 像战马直冲入战场。
7 连空中的鹳鸟也知道自己来去的季候； 斑鸠、燕子和白鹤也谨守迁移的时令； 我的子民却不晓得耶和华的法则。
8 你们怎可以说： "我们是智慧人， 我们有耶和华的律法"呢？事实上， 经学家虚假的笔已把律法变成谎言了。
9 智慧人必蒙羞， 惊惶失措。看哪！ 他们弃绝了耶和华的话， 他们还有什么智慧呢？
10 因此， 我必把他们的妻子给别人， 把他们的田地给别的主人， 因为他们从最小的到最大的， 个个都贪图不义之财； 从先知到祭司， 全都行事诡诈。
11 他们草率地医治我子民（"我子民"原文作"我子民的女子"）的损伤， 说： "平安了！ 平安了！ "其实没有平安。’
12 耶和华说： ‘他们行了可憎的事， 本应觉得羞愧， 可是他们一点羞愧都没有， 恬不知耻。因此他们必仆倒在倒下的人中间； 我惩罚他们的时候， 他们必倒下来。
13 我要彻底除掉他们的庄稼； 葡萄树上必没有葡萄， 无花果树上必没有无花果， 叶子也必枯干。我赐给他们的， 都离开他们过去了。’"这是耶和华的宣告。
14 我们为什么坐着不动呢？你们要集合起来， 我们要进入坚固的城里去， 在那里灭亡吧！ 因为耶和华我们的 神要我们灭亡， 又把毒水给我们喝， 因我们得罪了耶和华。
15 我们期待平安， 却得不到好处； 期待得医治的时候， 不料， 只有惊慌。
16 从但那里听见敌人战马的喷气声， 全地因听见壮马的嘶鸣声震动。他们来是要吞灭土地和地上所有的， 要吞灭城和城中的居民。
17 "看哪！ 我要打发毒蛇到你们中间， 是没有法术能制伏的， 它们必咬你们。"这是耶和华的宣告。
18 我的愁苦无法医治（本句按照《马索拉抄本》意思难确定； 现参照《七十士译本》翻译）， 我的心在我里面悲痛欲绝。
19 听啊！ 我同胞（"同胞"原文作"人民的女子"）的呼救声， 从遥远之地传来： "耶和华不在锡安吗？锡安的王不在其中吗？""他们为什么以自己雕刻的偶像， 和列国虚无的偶像， 来惹我发怒呢？"
20 "收割期已过， 夏天也结束； 但我们仍未获救。"
21 因着我的同胞（"同胞"原文作"人民的女子"）被压碎， 我的心破碎了； 我悲伤痛哭， 惊慌抓住了我。
22 难道基列没有乳香吗？难道那里没有医生吗？我的同胞（"同胞"原文作"人民的女子"）为什么总不痊愈呢？