Jeremia 33 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 Mens jeg stadig var i husarrest under opsyn af den kongelige garde, gav Herren mig følgende budskab: 2 „Jeg er Herren, som står bag alle disse ting. Det er mig, der har planlagt det. 3 Kald på mig, mit folk, så vil jeg svare jer og fortælle jer store og utrolige ting, som I ikke før har kendt til. 4 I har revet nogle af byens huse og en del af kongepaladset ned for at få sten til at forstærke bymuren imod fjendens angreb, 5 men når I kommer i kamp med babylonierne, vil alle husene blive fyldt med døde kroppe, for i min vrede har jeg besluttet at slå hårdt ned på mit folk. Jeg har vendt ryggen til jer på grund af jeres ondskab. 6 Men engang i fremtiden vil jeg helbrede Jerusalems sår, og mit folk skal igen opleve fremgang og tryghed. 7 Jeg vender Judas og Israels skæbne og genopbygger deres byer som før. 8 Jeg renser dem fra deres synd og tilgiver deres ondskab og oprør imod mig. 9 Da vil denne by bringe mig ære og glæde for øjnene af alle verdens folkeslag. Og når de hører om alt det gode, jeg gør for mit folk, al den fremgang jeg lader dem opleve, vil de skælve af ærefrygt for mig.” 10 Herren erklærer: „I har ret i, at jeres land skal blive en ødemark, hvor der hverken lever mennesker eller dyr. Jerusalems gader skal blive folketomme, men engang skal landet live op igen. 11 Der skal blive glæde og latter. Brudeparrenes glade stemmer skal atter høres, og der skal igen stige lovsang op fra dem, der bringer lovprisningsofre i Herrens hus. ‚Lovet være Herren, den Almægtige,’ vil de synge, ‚for han er god, og hans trofasthed varer til evig tid.’ Ja, siger Herren, jeg vil give landet fremgang og gode kår som før. 12 Selv om landet bliver raseret, så der hverken er mennesker eller dyr tilbage, vil der igen komme hyrder, som fører deres hjord på græs. 13 De vil med glæde tælle deres får og geder, når de kommer hjem til folden. Det vil komme til at ske i det centrale højland, på bakkeskråningerne mod vest, i det sydlige Negev, i Benjamins land, i området omkring Jerusalem og i alle Judas byer. 14 Ja, siger Herren, der kommer en dag hvor jeg vil opfylde mit løfte til Israel og Judas folk. 15 Engang i fremtiden vil jeg lade en spire bryde frem fra Davids slægt, en konge, der vil styre landet med visdom og afsige retfærdige domme. 16 Hans navn skal være ‚Herren er vores redning’. Da vil Judas folk blive reddet og Jerusalem være i sikkerhed. 17 Fra da af vil der aldrig mangle en arving til Davids trone i Israel, 18 og der vil aldrig mangle præster til at bringe brændofre, afgrødeofre og andre ofre til Herren.” 19 Derefter fik jeg følgende budskab fra Herren: 20 „Lige så lidt, som I kan bryde naturens love, så dag og nat ikke kommer til de fastsatte tider, lige så lidt kan jeg bryde min pagt med min tjener David, så der ikke findes en arving til hans trone. Det samme gælder min pagt med de præster, der tjener mig. 22 Davids og præsternes efterkommere vil blive talrige som stjernerne og strandens sandkorn, der ikke kan tælles.” 23 Derefter sagde Herren til mig: 24 „Har du hørt, hvad andre folk siger om mit folk? De siger: ‚Herren har forkastet både Israel og Juda, som han i sin tid udvalgte.’ Man foragter mit folk og siger, at deres dage som et folk er talte. 25 Men hertil svarer jeg: Jeg vil ikke forkaste mit folk eller min tjener David, lige så lidt som jeg bryder de love, jeg har givet for dag og nat eller for himmel og jord. Jeg bryder aldrig mit løfte om, at en søn af David en dag skal regere over Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs efterkommere, for jeg vil vende mit folks skæbne og forbarme mig over dem.”

English Standard Version

The Lord Promises Peace

1 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard: 2 “Thus says the Lord who made the earth,* the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name: 3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. 4 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword: 5 They are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans and to fill them* with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike down in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil. 6 Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security. 7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first. 8 I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 And this city* shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it. 10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord. 12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks. 13 In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

The Lord’s Eternal Covenant with David

14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’ 17 “For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.” 19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 “Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.” 23 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 24 “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25 Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

Jeremia 33 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version

The Lord Promises Peace

The Lord’s Eternal Covenant with David