Esajas 40 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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1 „Trøst mit folk,” siger jeres Gud. 2 „Tal opmuntrende ord til Jerusalems folk! Fortæl dem, at deres lidelser er forbi, og at deres syndeskyld er betalt, for de har afsonet den fulde straf for deres synder.” 3 Der lyder en stemme i ødemarken: „Ban vej for Herren! Gør vejen gennem ørkenen^[1] klar til vores Gud!” 4 Hver dal skal hæves, hvert bjerg og hver høj skal jævnes ud. De krogede veje skal rettes ud, og de ujævne stier glattes. 5 Herrens herlighed skal åbenbares, og alle skal se Guds frelse.^[2] Herren selv har talt! 6 En stemme sagde: „Råb det ud!” „Hvad skal jeg råbe?” spurgte jeg. „Du skal råbe: Ethvert menneske er som græs, dets trofasthed kortvarig som en kornblomst. 7 Græsset visner, og blomsten falmer ved Herrens åndepust.” Ja, mit folk er som græs. 8 Græsset visner, og blomsten falmer,^[3] men Guds ord varer til evig tid. 9 Du, som bringer bud, gå op på bjergets top og råb så højt, at hele Jerusalem kan høre det. Råb frimodigt til alle Judas byer: „Jeres Gud er på vej!” 10 Ja, Gud Herren kommer med vældig magt, han hersker med umådelig styrke. Se, han kommer med sit befriede folk. 11 Som en hyrde fører han sin hjord. Han samler sine lam og bærer dem i favnen, mens han nænsomt leder moderfårene af sted.

Guds storhed

12 Hvem andre end Herren kan holde havet i sin hule hånd eller måle himmelhvælvingen mellem sine udspændte fingre? Hvem andre kan samle jordens støv i sine hænder eller veje bjergene på sin vægt? 13 Er der nogen, som kan vejlede Herrens ånd? Hvem kan være hans rådgiver? 14 Har Herren spurgt nogen til råds for at forstå, hvad retfærdighed er? Er der nogen, som har lært ham visdom? 15 Alle jordens folk er for ham som en dråbe i havet, som støvfnug på en vægtskål. Han løfter kystlandene op, som vejede de intet. 16 Alle Libanons skove kunne ikke give brænde nok, og alle landets dyr ville ikke være tilstrækkelige til et brændoffer, der var passende for ham. 17 Alverdens nationer er ubetydelige sammenlignet med hans storhed. 18 Hvem vil I sammenligne Gud med? Hvordan vil I beskrive ham? 19 Kan han repræsenteres af et gudebillede støbt i en form, belagt med guld og med sølvkæder om halsen? 20 Kan man lave en husgud af træ, der aldrig rådner? Kan en dygtig træskærer lave den, så den ikke kan vælte? 21 Ved I ikke, hvem Gud er? Har I ikke forstået det? Har det ikke kunnet ses fra verdens skabelse? 22 Herren troner højt over himmel og jord. I hans øjne er menneskene små som myrer. Han udspændte himmelhvælvingen som en baldakin, universet satte han op som et telt. 23 Han gør jordens stormænd og herskere til intet. 24 De er som planter, der knap når at slå rod og vokse op, før han ånder på dem, så deres livsværk visner, og de fejes bort af vinden. 25 „Hvem vil I sammenligne mig med?” spørger den hellige Gud. „Hvem er min ligemand?” 26 Se op mod himlen! Hvem skabte stjernerne? Som en hærfører, der mønstrer sin hær, holder Herren styr på stjernernes tal. Han kender alle deres navne. Ikke en eneste mangler. Så stor er hans magt. 27 Israel, hvordan kan du sige, at Herren har glemt dig og ikke ænser dine lidelser? 28 Ved du ikke, hvem Gud er? Har du ikke forstået det? Herren er den evige Gud, som har skabt den vide jord. Aldrig bliver han træt eller udmattet. Hans visdom er ufattelig. 29 Han giver den trætte ny kraft og den svage ny styrke. 30 Selv unge mænd kan blive udmattede, selv de stærkeste har en grænse. 31 Men de, der søger hjælp hos Herren, får ny styrke, som ørnen får nye svingfjer. De løber uden at blive trætte, de vandrer uden at blive udmattede.

King James Version

1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD' hand double for all her sins. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it . 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. 9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! 10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand , and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things , that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.