The Lord says,“ Put up road signs. Set up stones to show the way. Look carefully for the highway. Look for the road you will take. Return, people of Israel. Return to your towns.

“以色列民哪，你当为自己设立指路碑，竖起引路柱。你要留心向大路，就是你所去的原路；你当回转，回转到你这些城邑。

少女以色列啊，当为自己设立路标，为自己竖起指路牌。要留心向着大道，就是你曾走过的路；你当回转，回到你自己的城镇。

少女以色列啊，当为自己设立路标，为自己竖起指路牌。要留心向着大道，就是你曾走过的路；你当回转，回到你自己的城镇。

“以色列人啊，你们要为自己设置路标，竖起路牌，牢记你们走过的大道。以色列人啊，回来吧！回到你们的城邑吧！

你要为自己设立路标，竖立路牌；你要留心大路，就是你走过的路。童女以色列啊，回转吧！回到你这些城市那里。

以色列民哪，你當為自己設立指路碑，豎起引路柱。你要留心向大路，就是你所去的原路；你當回轉，回轉到你這些城邑。

少女以色列啊，當為自己設立路標，為自己豎起指路牌。要留心向着大道，就是你曾走過的路；你當回轉，回到你自己的城鎮。

少女以色列啊，當為自己設立路標，為自己豎起指路牌。要留心向着大道，就是你曾走過的路；你當回轉，回到你自己的城鎮。

「以色列人啊，你們要為自己設置路標，豎起路牌，牢記你們走過的大道。以色列人啊，回來吧！回到你們的城邑吧！

你要為自己設立路標，豎立路牌；你要留心大路，就是你走過的路。童女以色列啊，回轉吧！回到你這些城市那裡。

『以色列子民哪，要為你自己設立標記，為你自己豎指路牌；要留心向大路，向你走去的原路回轉，返回到你這些城市中。

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“ Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.

“ Set up road markers for yourself; make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.

Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Mark well the path by which you came. Come back again, my virgin Israel; return to your towns here.

Set up road markers for yourself; establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled. Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours.

“ Set up roadmarks for yourself, Place guideposts for yourself; Direct your mind to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.

“ Set up signposts, Make landmarks; Set your heart toward the highway, The way in which you went. Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back to these your cities.

Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide- posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

Set up road markers for yourself; establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled. Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours.

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,[ even] the way[ which] thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

I will say,‘ My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.

“ Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.

They will ask how to get to Zion. Then they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to me. They will enter into the covenant I make with them. It will last forever. It will never be forgotten.

People of Israel, leave Babylon! Hurry up and get away from the Babylonians! Here is what I want you to announce. Make it known with shouts of joy. Send the news out from one end of the earth to the other. Say,“ The Lord has set free his servant Jacob.”

You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’ s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and“ clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.But this time you won’t have to leave in a hurry. You won’t have to rush away. The Lord will go ahead of you and lead you. The God of Israel will follow behind you and guard you.

I will build you up again. Nation of Israel, you will be rebuilt. Once again you will use your tambourines to celebrate. You will go out and dance with joy.

Blessed are those whose strength comes from you. They have firmly decided to travel to your temple.

You who have not been killed in the war against Babylon, leave! Do not wait! In a land far away remember me. And think about Jerusalem.”

“ Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord.“ I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.“ Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!”

“ You people have not been faithful,” announces the Lord.“ Return to me. I am your husband. I will choose one of you from each town. I will choose two from each territory. And I will bring you to the city of Zion.

A messenger says,“ Build up the road! Build it up! Get it ready! Remove anything that would keep my people from coming back.”

Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out! Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return. Build up the road! Build it up! Remove the stones. Raise a banner over the city for the nations to see.

The Lord who rules over all says,“ Think carefully about how you are living.

The man said to me,“ Son of man, look carefully and listen closely. Pay attention to everything I show you. That is why the Lord brought you here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”

“ People of Judah, run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of the sins of its people. It is time for me to pay them back. I will punish them for what they have done.

Then he said to them,“ Think carefully about all the words I have announced to you today. I want you to command your children to be careful to obey all the words of this law.

Some people from every tribe in Israel followed the Levites to Jerusalem. With all their hearts they wanted to worship the Lord. He is the God of Israel. They came to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to him. He was the God of their people of long ago.

Don’t trust in money you have taken from others. Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen. Even if your riches grow, don’t put your trust in them.

I have scattered them among the nations. But in lands far away they will remember me. They and their children will be kept alive. And they will return.

With all my heart I want the temple of my God to be built. So I’m giving my personal treasures of gold and silver for it. I’m adding them to everything else I’ve provided for the holy temple.

Jehoshaphat was alarmed. So he decided to ask the Lord for advice. He told all the people of Judah to go without eating.

I applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw.