1Du menneske, giv Israels bjergland følgende budskab fra mig:2Jeres fjender siger: ‚De ældgamle helligsteder tilhører nu os.’3Fra alle sider har jeres fjender angrebet jer og raseret jeres land. De har hånet jer og ført jer bort som slaver.4Men hør, hvad Herren siger til jer, Israels bjergland, til højene og bakkerne, til floderne og dalene, til de øde ruiner og forladte byer, der blev plyndret og forhånet af alle folkeslagene rundt omkring jer:5Min vrede er blusset op imod de andre folkeslag, især imod Edom, fordi de med skadefryd og foragt besatte mit land og plyndrede det.6Profetér derfor til Israels høje og bakker, dets floder og dale: Jeg er vred, fordi Israel har lidt under andre folkeslags hån og spot.7Derfor lover jeg højtideligt, at de skal få igen med samme mønt.8Men træerne i Israels bjergland skal skyde nye grene og bugne af frugt, for mit folk skal snart vende hjem.9Jeg er med jer og velsigner jer. Jorden skal igen opdyrkes og tilsås.10Israels befolkning skal vokse, og de ødelagte byer skal genopbygges og bebos.11Både mennesker og husdyr skal vokse i antal. Israels land skal igen befolkes og blive frodigere end nogen sinde før. Da skal I indse, at jeg er Herren.12Mit folk skal igen tage landet i besiddelse, og der skal være mad nok til, at ingen dør af sult.13Gud Herren siger: Nabolandene hånede jer ved at sige, at jeres land var så goldt, at det førte til død.14Men nu skal det være slut med sult og død, siger Herren.15De skal ikke længere få grund til at håne jer, for Israels land skal brødføde mit folk.”
En ny ånd kommer til
16Herren sagde til mig:17„Du menneske, dengang Israels folk endnu boede i deres eget land, gjorde de det urent ved deres onde handlinger. Rituelt set var deres opførsel lige så uren som menstruationsblod.18De forurenede landet med mord og modbydeligt afguderi i en sådan grad, at jeg måtte straffe dem hårdt.19Jeg sendte dem i eksil i fjerne lande som straf for deres ondskab og afgudsdyrkelse.20Efter at jeg havde sendt dem i landflygtighed, vanærede andre folkeslag mit hellige navn ved at sige: ‚Israel kalder sig Guds folk, men deres Gud kunne ikke redde dem fra at blive sendt i eksil.’21Men jeg vil ikke have mit gode navn og rygte spoleret rundt omkring i verden.22Sig derfor til Israels folk: Hør, hvad Herren siger: Jeg vil føre jer hjem igen, ikke fordi I fortjener det, men for mit eget hellige navns skyld, som har fået et dårligt ry over hele verden på grund af jer.23Jeg vil genoprette mit gode navn og rygte, og når folkeslagene ser min magt udfolde sig, vil de erkende, at jeg er Herren.24Jeg vil samle jer sammen fra alle de forskellige lande og føre jer tilbage til Israels land,25og jeg vil rense jer for jeres afgudsdyrkelse og rituelle urenhed ved at stænke vand på jer.26Jeg vil forandre jer indefra ved at give jer et helt nyt hjerte, der længes efter at gøre det rigtige, og en ny ånd i jeres indre, så I lærer at tænke på en helt ny måde. Jeg vil tage jeres gamle og stædige stenhjerte ud og give jer et nyt og lydigt hjerte.27Jeg vil give jer min Ånd, så I adlyder mine love og gør, hvad jeg befaler jer.28Da skal I bo i det land, jeg gav jeres forfædre. I skal være mit folk, og jeg vil være jeres Gud.29Jeg vil rense jer for jeres synd og sørge for, at høsten ikke slår fejl, og at der ikke mere kommer hungersnød i landet.30Jeres frugtplantager og kornmarker skal give en rigelig høst, og aldrig mere skal nabofolkene se ned på jer på grund af hungersnød.31Da vil I skamme jer, når I tænker tilbage på jeres dårlige opførsel og onde handlinger.32Husk, at det ikke er for jeres skyld, at jeg griber ind, det er for mit eget omdømmes skyld. Åh Israel, mit folk, hvor burde I dog skamme jer over al den ondskab, I har begået, siger Herren.33Når jeg har renset jer for jeres synd, vil jeg føre jer hjem til Israel og genopbygge landets ruinbyer.34Jorden skal igen opdyrkes, efter at den i mange år har ligget brak.35Når jeg fører jer hjem, vil folkeslagene udbryde: ‚Se! Dette gudsforladte land er blevet frugtbart som Edens have. De ødelagte byer, der længe lå som forladte ruiner, er nu genopbygget, befæstet og beboet.’36Så vil de nationer, som endnu er tilbage, erkende, at det er mig, Herren, som står bag genopbygningen af ruinerne og tilplantningen af det hærgede land. Det er et løfte fra mig, Herren, og det vil ske, som jeg har sagt.37Herren siger: Jeg vil høre Israels folks bønner og gøre dem så talrige som fåreflokkene, der strømmer gennem Jerusalems gader ved højtiderne. Så talrige vil jeg lade dem blive i byerne, som før lå i ruiner. Når det sker, skal alle indse, at jeg er Herren.”
English Standard Version
Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel
1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.2Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’3therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,5therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.7Therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach.8“But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they will soon come home.9For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.10And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt.11And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.12I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.13Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, ‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’14therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God.15And I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”
The Lord’s Concern for His Holy Name
16The word of the Lord came to me:17“Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity.18So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.19I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.20But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’21But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.
I Will Put My Spirit Within You
22“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.23And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.24I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.26And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.27And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.*28You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.29And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.30I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.31Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.32It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.33“Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.34And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.35And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’36Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.37“Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.38Like the flock for sacrifices,* like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
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