### 📖 📄 📘 Yǐsàiyà‐Shū ((Yǐsàiyà Isaiah 以赛亚 以賽亞)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [The Book of Isaiah]) 13 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 17 Wǒ (I 我) yào (will 要) shǐ (cause 使) Mǐdǐyà‐rén ((Mǐdǐyà Media 米底亚 米底亞)‐(rén people 人) → [Medes]) lái ({to come} 来 來) gōngjī (gōng·jī {to attack} · {to strike → [to attack]} 攻击 攻擊) tāmen (tā·men him/her · [pl] → [them] 他们 他們).
Mǐdǐyà‐rén ((Mǐdǐyà Media 米底亚 米底亞)‐(rén people 人) → [Medes]) bú (not 不) kànzhòng (kàn·zhòng {do regard} · {(as) weighty} → [do value] 看重) yínzi (yín·zi silver · [suf for nouns] 银子 銀子),
Yě (also 也) bù (not 不) xǐ’ài (xǐ’·ài {do like} · {do love} 喜爱 喜愛) huángjīn (huáng·jīn yellow · gold → [gold] 黄金 黃金).
📖 📄 📘 18 Tāmen (Tā·men he · [pl] → [they] 他们 他們) huì (will 会 會) yòng (use 用) gōngjiàn (gōng·jiàn bows · arrows 弓箭) shāsǐ (shā·sǐ {to kill} · {to be dead} 杀死 殺死) niánqīng (nián·qīng years · light → [young] 年轻 年輕)‐rén (men 人).
Tāmen (Tā·men he · [pl] → [they] 他们 他們) bù (not 不) liánmǐn ({will pity} 怜悯/闵/愍 憐憫/閔/愍) háizi (hái·zi children · [suf for nouns] 孩子),
Bú (not 不) gùxī (gù·xī {will look back at → [will take into consideration]} · {will value highly} 顾惜 顧惜) értóng (children 儿童 兒童).
📖 📄 📘 19 Bābǐlún (Babylon 巴比伦 巴比倫) shì (is 是) lièguó (liè·guó {series of} · nations 列国 列國) zhōng (among 中)
Zuì (most 最 最/㝡) fánróng (fán·róng numerous · glorious 繁荣 繁榮) de (’ 的) guódù (guó·dù nation · extent → [nation] 国度 國度),
Shì (is 是) Jiālèdǐ‐rén ((Jiālèdǐ Chaldea 迦勒底)‐(rén people 人) → [Chaldeans]) de (’ 的) jiāo’ào ({being proud} → [pride] 骄傲 驕傲) hé ({(together) with} → [and] 和 和/龢) guāngcǎi (guāng·cǎi light · colours → [splendour] 光彩 光彩/采),
Què (but 却 卻) yào (will 要) xiàng ({be like} 像/象) Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) huǐmiè (huǐ·miè destroyed · extinguished 毁灭 毀滅) de (’s 的) Suǒduōmǎ (Sodʹom 所多玛 所多瑪), Émólā (Go·morʹrah 蛾摩拉) yíyàng (yí·yàng {(of) one} · {pattern → [way]} → [the same way] 一样 一樣).
📖 📄 📘 20 Bābǐlún (Babylon 巴比伦 巴比倫) bì (certainly 必) yǒng (forever 永) wú ({will not be having} 无 無/无) rényān (rén·yān human · smoke → [signs of human habitation] 人烟 人煙),
Shìshì‐dàidài ((Shì·shì generation · generation 世世)‐(dài·dài {replacing → [generation]} · {replacing → [generation]} 代代) → [generation after generation]) wú ({will not be having} 无 無/无) rén (people 人) jūzhù ({residing in (it)} 居住).
Ālābórén (Ālābó·rén Arabian · person 阿拉伯人) bú (not 不) zài (at 在) nàli (nà·li that · inside → [there] 那里 那裡/裏) dā ({will put up} 搭) zhàngpeng (zhàng·peng canopy · covering → [tent] 帐篷 帳篷),
Mùrén (Mù·rén herding · persons → [shepherds] 牧人) yě (also 也) bú (not 不) dài ({will lead} 带 帶) yángqún (yáng·qún sheep · flocks 羊群) dào ({to arrive at} 到) nàli (nà·li that · inside → [there] 那里 那裡/裏) xiūxi ({to stop} → [to rest] 休息).
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