耶和华说，迦勒底人哪，起来。上安逸无虑的居民那里去。他们是无门无闩，独自居住的。
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
他们的骆驼必成为掠物。他们众多的牲畜必成为掳物。我必将剃周围头发的人分散四方（方原文作风），使灾殃从四围临到他们。这是耶和华说的。
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
犹大王西底家登基的时候，耶和华论以拦的话临到先知耶利米说，
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
万军之耶和华如此说，我必折断以拦人的弓，就是他们为首的权力。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
耶和华说，我必使以拦人在仇敌和寻索其命的人面前惊惶。我也必使灾祸，就是我的烈怒临到他们，又必使刀剑追杀他们，直到将他们灭尽。
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
我要在以拦设立我的宝座，从那里除灭君王和首领。这是耶和华说的。
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
到末后，我还要使被掳的以拦人归回。这是耶和华说的。
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
犹大是个小狮子。我儿阿，你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去，卧如公狮，蹲如母狮，谁敢惹你。
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
圭必不离犹大，杖必不离他两脚之间，直等细罗（就是赐平安者）来到，万民都必归顺。
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
以萨迦是个强壮的驴，卧在羊圈之中。
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: