Jeremias 16 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Folkets straf og løftet om genoprettelse

1 Ved en anden lejlighed sagde Herren til mig: 2 „Du skal ikke gifte dig og få børn her. 3-4 For de børn, som fødes i denne by, vil sammen med deres fædre og mødre få en ynkelig død. Ingen vil holde dødsklage over dem eller begrave dem. Deres lig vil ligge og rådne som affald på jorden. Nogle falder i krig, mens andre dør af sult, og deres kroppe vil blive fortæret af gribbe og vilde dyr. 5 Gå ikke til en afdøds hus for at deltage i dødsklage, vis ingen deltagelse. For jeg tager min velsignelse, nåde og barmhjertighed fra dem. 6 Alle skal dø, uden at nogen begraver dem, både høj og lav. Ingen holder dødsklage, snitter sig i huden eller klipper håret af for at vise deres sorg. 7 Ingen tilbyder de efterladte et trøstende måltid mad eller giver et bæger vin til den, der har mistet sine forældre. 8 Hold dig også borte fra dem, der holder fest. 9 For Herren den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Jeg gør ende på glæden iblandt jer, og der bliver ikke holdt flere bryllupsfester. Og det vil ske i jeres egen generation. 10 Når du giver folket det budskab, og de spørger: ‚Hvorfor vil Herren ramme os med så megen ulykke? Hvad har vi gjort, siden vi fortjener så hård en straf?’ 11 skal du give dem følgende svar: ‚Fordi jeres forfædre forlod mig og dyrkede andre guder, fordi de var ulydige imod mine love, 12 og fordi I selv opfører jer endnu værre end jeres forfædre. I følger blot jeres egne lyster og nægter at adlyde mig. 13 Derfor jager jeg jer bort fra jeres eget land til et fremmed land, som hverken I selv eller jeres forfædre før har kendt. Dér kan I dyrke så mange afguder, I vil. I skal ikke regne med min hjælp.’ ” 14-15 Herren fortsatte: „Men der kommer en tid, hvor man ikke længere vil sige: ‚Jeg sværger ved den Gud, som førte sit folk ud af Egypten,’ men man vil sige: ‚Jeg sværger ved den Gud, som førte sit folk hjem fra landet mod nord og de andre lande, som han i sin tid fordrev dem til.’ Engang vil jeg nemlig føre mit folk hjem igen til det land, jeg gav deres forfædre. 16 Men nu sender jeg bud efter fiskere, som skal fiske dem ud fra deres gemmesteder. Og jeg sender bud efter jægere, som skal opsøge dem i bjergene og klippehulerne, hvor de har gemt sig. 17 Jeg holder nøje øje med dem, og de kan hverken skjule sig selv eller deres synd for mig. 18 Jeg vil straffe dem hårdt for alle deres synder, for de har forurenet mit land med deres væmmelige, livløse afguder. Med deres forfærdelige afgudsofringer har de besudlet det land, jeg gav dem i eje.” 19 „Ak Herre,” udbrød jeg, „det er dig, der styrker og beskytter mig, du er min tilflugt i nødens stund. Mennesker fra alverdens folkeslag vil komme til dig og erkende: ‚Vores forfædre handlede tåbeligt ved at dyrke livløse afguder, der intet kunne udrette. 20 Menneskeskabte guder kan aldrig sammenlignes med den sande Gud.’ ” 21 Da sagde Herren: „Nu giver jeg dem en lærestreg og viser dem min magt, så de kan forstå, at jeg er Herren, den evige Gud.

King James Version

1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. 5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: 7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. 8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. 9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? 21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.