Jeremias 12 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Gud må straffe sit troløse folk

1 Herre, jeg ved godt, at retten altid er på din side i hvilken som helst sag. Men tillad mig alligevel at stille nogle spørgsmål angående retfærdighed: Hvordan kan det være, at det går de gudløse godt? Hvordan kan de troløse trives og være trygge? 2 Du har sat dem her på jorden, plantet dem som træer. Du lader dem slå rod, trives og bære frugt. De nævner dit navn, men er i virkeligheden ligeglade med dig. 3 Herre, du kender mine inderste tanker og motiver, du ved, at jeg ærer og adlyder dig. Vil du ikke holde dom over de onde, trække af sted med dem som hjælpeløse får, der føres til slagtning? 4 De onde tror ikke på, at du ser, hvad de laver. Græsset visner, dyr og fugle dør på grund af ondskaben i landet. Hvor længe skal det fortsætte? 5 Herren svarede: „Hvis du ikke kan klare at løbe om kap med mennesker, hvordan kan du så løbe om kap med heste? Hvis du giver op i et fredeligt og åbent landskab, hvordan vil du så klare dig mod farerne i Jordandalens krat? 6 Selv din egen familie har slået hånden af dig. De jagter dig med høje råb. Når de taler venligt til dig, skal du ikke tro dem.” 7 Herren fortsatte: „Jeg opgiver Judas folk, som ellers er mit ejendomsfolk, og jeg udleverer dem til deres fjender. 8 Mit folk raser imod mig som en løve i skoven. Derfor er jeg nødt til at vende dem ryggen. 9 Mit ejendomsfolk bliver hyæners bytte, gribbene flokkes om det. Lad fremmede folkeslag kaste sig over det for at få del i byttet. 10 Fremmede hære skal angribe min vingård. De tramper vinstokkene ned og raserer min ejendom. 11 Den bliver en ødemark, som ingen længere bryder sig om. 12 Over ørkenens nøgne høje kommer de fremmede hære myldrende. De hære jeg sender, hærger landet fra ende til anden, og ingen undslipper. 13 Mit folk såede hvede, men høster torne. De sled til ingen nytte og bliver skuffet over den manglende høst, for jeg vil straffe dem. 14 Men jeg har også et budskab vedrørende de onde nabofolk, der angriber det land, jeg gav mit folk: Ligesom jeg rykker judæerne op fra deres land, vil jeg også rykke nabofolkene op fra deres lande. 15 Men senere vil jeg være barmhjertig og føre dem tilbage til deres egne lande. 16 Hvis de derefter vil antage mig som deres Gud i stedet for Ba’al, skal de få en plads iblandt mit folk. 17 Men de folkeslag, der nægter at adlyde mig, udrydder jeg fuldstændigt,” siger Herren.

King James Version

1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. 5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee , then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. 13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.