1:2 |
tNIV | Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? | Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers ancestors? | Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers ancestors? |
1:6 |
tNIV | A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. | A nation has invaded my land, powerful and a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. | A nation has invaded my land, powerful and a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. |
1:8 |
tNIV | Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband of her youth. | Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband betrothed of her youth. | Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the husband betrothed of her youth. |
1:10 |
tNIV | The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. | The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails. | The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails. |
1:12 |
tNIV | The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the joy of mankind is withered away. | The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy of mankind is withered away. | The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy of mankind is withered away. |
1:13 |
tNIV | Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. | Put on sackcloth, O you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. | Put on sackcloth, O you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. |
1:19 |
tNIV | To you, O LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the open pastures and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. | To you, O LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the open pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. | To you, O LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the open pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. |
1:20 |
tNIV | Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures. | Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures in the wilderness. | Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures in the wilderness. |