Jeremia 50,3 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Profeti om Babylons ødelæggelse

1 Det følgende budskab fra Herren drejer sig om Babylon og det babyloniske folk: 2 „Råb det ud til hele verden, så alle kan høre det. Hold det ikke for dig selv, men hejs et signalflag og bekendtgør budskabet overalt. Babylon bliver erobret. Deres store gud Marduk bliver ydmyget, deres ‚herre’* svigter dem, alle deres afguder står magtesløse. 3 Et folk vil tromle ind over landet fra nord og lægge det øde. Både mennesker og dyr flygter, så landet står tomt tilbage. 4 Til den tid vil Israels og Judas folk samles og søge tilbage til mig som deres Gud med anger og gråd. 5 De vil spørge om vej til Zion, for nu vil de hjem. De vil forny pagten med mig og love aldrig at bryde den igen. 6 Mit folk var fortabt som får, der gik vild. Deres hyrder ledte dem bort og lod dem strejfe om i bjergene, så de fór vild og ikke kunne finde vej tilbage til folden. 7 Enhver, der mødte dem, gik til angreb på dem. Fjenderne sagde: ‚De har syndet imod Herren, den Gud, som deres forfædre tilbad, for de har ikke holdt sig til ham. Derfor har vi lov at angribe dem.’ 8 Skynd jer væk fra Babylonien, mit folk. Sæt en ære i at være de første, der kommer af sted. 9 Jeg vil nemlig samle en mægtig hær fra mange folkeslag i nord og sende den imod Babylonien for at erobre landet. Det er dygtige krigere, og deres pile rammer plet. 10 Babylonien bliver plyndret, indtil angriberne er fuldt belæssede med krigsbytte, siger Herren. 11 Hør her, I babyloniere, som plyndrede mit folk. I blev glade og hoppede rundt som kåde kalve eller unge heste på engen. 12 Men nu bliver jeres land ydmyget, så det bliver ringere end alle andre lande, en udtørret og øde vildmark. 13 Når min vrede har ramt landet, bliver det en øde og forladt ørken. Alle, der går forbi, standser chokeret og ryster på hovedet over den ødelæggelse, der har ramt landet. 14 Hør, I folkeslag, gør jer klar til at angribe Babylon. Lad bueskytterne omringe byen. Spar ikke på pilene, for de har syndet imod mig. 15 Lad krigsråbet lyde fra alle sider. Se, byen overgiver sig, murene styrter sammen. Nu oplever Babylon min straf. Giv byen den samme behandling, som den har givet andre. 16 Dræb alle i Babylonien, der er i færd med at så eller høste. Lad alle de fremmede i landet flygte for den fremstormende hær og vende tilbage til deres hjemlande.” 17 Israels folk er som får, der jages af løver. Først angreb assyrerkongen dem og åd sin del, og senere gnavede kong Nebukadnezar kødet af deres knogler. 18 Derfor siger Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud: „Nu er tiden kommet, hvor jeg vil straffe den babyloniske konge, som jeg straffede assyrerkongen. 19 Men jeg vil føre mit folk hjem til deres eget land, så de kan bosætte sig på Karmels og Bashans marker og hvile sig mætte og tilfredse i Efraims og Gileads bjergland. 20 Til den tid er der ingen skyld tilbage i Israel eller Juda, for jeg tilgiver den rest, der overlever. 21 Mine krigere, ryk ud mod Meratajim* og Pekod. Udryd dem totalt. Gør, som jeg har befalet jer. 22 Krigslarmen høres over hele landet, og den voldsomme ødelæggelse er begyndt. 23 Den store hammer, der knuste jordens folk, er nu selv knækket og knust. Babylon er blevet en ødemark til skræk og advarsel for alle verdens folkeslag. 24 Jeg lagde en fælde for dig, Babylon, og du opdagede det ikke. Men nu sidder du uhjælpelig fast i fælden, for du kæmpede mod mig, Herren. 25 Jeg har åbnet mit våbenlager og taget min vredes våben frem. Jeg er Herren, den Almægtige, og det er mig, der står bag Babyloniens ødelæggelse. 26 Træng ind i landet fra alle sider, bryd ind i kornlagrene. Gør mure og huse til dynger af grus, skån ingen og intet. 27 Hug alle krigsheltene* ned, for nu er tiden kommet, hvor Babylonien får sin straf.” 28 De judæere, som undslipper og flygter fra Babylonien, vil fortælle hjemme i Jerusalem, hvordan Herren, deres Gud, tog hævn over dem, der ødelagde hans tempel. 29 Herren siger: „Send bud efter bueskytterne og lad dem omringe Babylon, så ingen kan undslippe. Gør imod hende, hvad hun gjorde imod andre, for hun trodsede Israels hellige Gud. 30 Hendes unge mænd skal falde i byens gader, alle krigerne bliver dræbt. 31 Jeg er Herren, den Almægtige, og jeg kommer imod dig, du stolte folk, for at gøre regnskabet op med dig. 32 Du stædige og stolte land, du skal snuble og falde, og ingen rejser dig op, for jeg sætter ild på Babyloniens byer, og ilden tilintetgør alt omkring dem.” 33 Hør hvad Herren, den Almægtige, siger: Både Israels og Judas folk er blevet mishandlet. Deres bortførere har holdt dem fanget og nægtet at lade dem rejse hjem. 34 Men deres befrier er stærk, hans navn er Herren, den Almægtige. Han vil kæmpe for dem og skabe fred i deres eget land, men Babylons indbyggere kommer til at skælve i rædsel. 35 „En mægtig hær er på vej mod Babylon,” siger Herren. „Den hugger alle indbyggerne ned. Fyrster og vismænd falder. 36 Spåmændene viser sig at være tåber, og krigerne gribes af rædsel. 37 Stridsvognene bliver slået i stykker og hestene dræbt. Lejesoldaterne ryster af skræk som skræmte kvinder. Fjenden vil plyndre alle landets skatte. 38 Der bliver tørke i landet, så floder og kanaler tørrer ud. Hvorfor? Fordi landet er fyldt med afgudsbilleder, og folket er stolte af dem. 39 Snart bliver Babylon beboet af strudse, sjakaler og andre af ørkenens vilde dyr. Aldrig mere vil der bo mennesker i byen. Den vil ligge øde og forladt for altid. 40 Jeg vil udslette Babylon, som jeg udslettede Sodoma og Gomorra og de omliggende landsbyer. De har ligget øde og forladte lige siden. 41 Se, en mægtig hær rykker frem fra nord, et stort antal konger fra mange lande kommer imod dig. 42 De er bevæbnet til tænderne, de er grusomme og skånselsløse. Når de kommer farende på deres heste, lyder det som larmen fra et oprørt hav. De rykker frem imod dig, Babylon, klar til kamp. 43 Babyloniens konge får bud om den angribende hær. Hans arme synker, han gribes af rædsel, han vrider sig i smerte som en kvinde i fødselsveer. 44 Som en løve, der springer ud fra Jordanflodens vildnis og jager fårene væk i alle retninger, vil jeg i et nu jage babylonierne væk og udpege en leder, som jeg selv vælger. Hvem kan måle sig med mig? Hvem tør kræve mig til regnskab? Hvilken fyrste kan modsætte sig mine planer? 45 Hør da min plan for Babyloniens folk: Selv børnene sender jeg i eksil. Landet bliver lagt øde. 46 Hele verden vil skælve ved nyheden om Babyloniens fald. Folkets dødsskrig høres over hele jorden.”

English Standard Version

Judgment on Babylon

1 The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet: 2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.’ 3 “For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away. 4 “In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the Lord their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’ 6 “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold. 7 All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’ 8 “Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock. 9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed. 10 Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, declares the Lord. 11 “Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture, and neigh like stallions, 12 your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Behold, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds. 14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord. 15 Raise a shout against her all around; she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen; her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; do to her as she has done. 16 Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land. 17 “Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones. 18 Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant. 21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim,* and against the inhabitants of Pekod.* Kill, and devote them to destruction,* declares the Lord, and do all that I have commanded you. 22 The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction! 23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations! 24 I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you opposed the Lord. 25 The Lord has opened his armory and brought out the weapons of his wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction; let nothing be left of her. 27 Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment. 28 “A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple. 29 “Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord. 31 “Behold, I am against you, O proud one, declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. 32 The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him. 33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon. 35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her officials and her wise men! 36 A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed! 37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered! 38 A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols. 39 “Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,* and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations. 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her. 41 “Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth. 42 They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea; they ride on horses, arrayed as a man for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon! 43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain as of a woman in labor. 44 “Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 46 At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”

Jeremia 50,3 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version

Profeti om Babylons ødelæggelse

Judgment on Babylon