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2 Kings 19:21

Good News Translation

the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.

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If you were in my place and I in yours, I could say everything you are saying. I could shake my head wisely and drown you with a flood of words.

When people see me, they laugh at me; they shake their heads in scorn.

Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us—

You have made us a joke among the nations; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

Jerusalem alone is left, a city under siege—as defenseless as a guard's hut in a vineyard or a shed in a cucumber field.

Go and farm the land, you people in the colonies in Spain! There is no one to protect you any more.

City of Sidon, your happiness has ended, and your people are oppressed. Even if they escape to Cyprus, they will still not be safe.

The Lord says, “Babylon, come down from your throne, and sit in the dust on the ground. You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered, but you are soft and delicate no longer! You are now a slave!

The Lord says to Babylon, “Sit in silence and darkness; no more will they call you the queen of nations!

The Lord commanded me to tell the people about my sorrow and to say: “May my eyes flow with tears day and night, may I never stop weeping, for my people are deeply wounded and are badly hurt.

The Lord says, “Ask every nation if such a thing has ever happened before. The people of Israel have done a terrible thing!

Once again I will rebuild you. Once again you will take up your tambourines and dance joyfully.

People of Egypt, go to Gilead and look for medicine! All your medicine has proved useless; nothing can heal you.

“The Lord laughed at all my strongest soldiers; He sent an army to destroy my young men. He crushed my people like grapes in a wine press.

O Jerusalem, beloved Jerusalem, what can I say? How can I comfort you? No one has ever suffered like this. Your disaster is boundless as the ocean; there is no possible hope.

People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: “Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?”

Laugh on, people of Edom and Uz; be glad while you can. Your disaster is coming too; you too will stagger naked in shame.

Virgin Israel has fallen, Never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, And no one helps her up.

And you, Jerusalem, where God, like a shepherd from his lookout tower, watches over his people, will once again be the capital of the kingdom that was yours.

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus:




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