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2 Kings 19:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now this is what I say to that king: The people of Jerusalem hate and make fun of you; they laugh behind your back.

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Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and

Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: “Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound.

If I were in your place, it would be easy to criticize or to give advice.

Those who pass by shake their heads and sneer as they make fun and shout, “What a lovely city you were, the happiest on earth, but look at you now!”

When my enemies see me, they say cruel things and shake their heads.

Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.

Mount Zion in Jerusalem, guardian of my people, you will rule again.

you, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.

You people of Edom can celebrate now! But your time will come to suffer and stagger around naked.

You, LORD, have turned back my warriors and crushed my young heroes. Judah was a woman untouched, but you let her be trampled like grapes in a wine-pit.

Egypt, no medicine can heal you, not even the soothing lotion from Gilead.

You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines.

So I, the LORD, command you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a horrible sin as what you have done.

Babylon, be silent! Sit in the dark. No longer will nations accept you as their queen.

City of Babylon, you are delicate and untouched, but that will change. Surrender your royal power and sit in the dust.

The LORD has said to the people of Sidon, “Your celebrating is over— you are crushed. Even if you escape to Cyprus, you won't find peace.”

People of Tyre, your harbour is destroyed! You will have to become farmers just like the Egyptians.

Enemies surround Jerusalem, alone like a hut in a vineyard or in a cucumber field.

Babylon, you are doomed! I pray the Lord's blessings on anyone who punishes you for what you did to us.

and I will sing about you at the gate to Zion. I will be happy there because you rescued me.

Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.




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