Jesaja 10 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 Ve jer, I, som udsteder ondskabsfulde dekreter og afsiger uretfærdige domme for at undertrykke de svage, udnytte de hjælpeløse, 2 frakende de fattige deres rettigheder og udplyndre både enker og faderløse børn. 3 Hvad vil I gøre, når straffen kommer over jer fra det fjerne? Hvem, tror I, vil hjælpe jer? Hvor vil I opbevare jeres rigdomme? 4 I bliver enten dræbt i krig eller ført bort som fanger. Alligevel er Herrens vrede ikke forbi. Hans hånd er stadig løftet til slag.

Herrens dom over Assyriens hovmod

5 Men jeg vil også dømme assyrerne, min vredes kæp. Det er min vrede, der giver dem sejr, 6 og jeg bruger dem til at straffe mit frafaldne folk, som har provokeret mig til vrede. Jeg lader den assyriske hær hærge og plyndre dem og trampe dem ned som gadens snavs. 7 Assyrerkongen ved ikke, at han er mit redskab. Han ønsker bare at tilintetgøre mange folkeslag. 8 „Er mine stormænd ikke mægtige som konger?” vil han sige. 9 „Vi indtog Kalno, som vi indtog Karkemish. Hamat måtte overgive sig nøjagtig som Arpad. Det gik Samaria som Damaskus. 10 Jeg har besejret riger, som havde langt flere guder til at beskytte sig end Jerusalem og Samaria. 11 Hvem kan så hindre mig i at gøre med Jerusalem og dets guder, som jeg gjorde med Samaria og dets guder?” 12 Men når Herren har udført sine planer imod Zions bjerg og Jerusalem, vender han sig imod Assyriens konge og straffer ham for hans hovmod, griskhed og praleri. 13 „Jeg er stærk, jeg er klog, jeg er mægtig!” praler han. „Se blot, hvor mange riger jeg har indtaget. Jeg har overskredet deres grænser, plyndret dem for skatte og stødt deres konger fra tronen. 14 Jeg har samlet deres rigdomme, som man samler æg fra en forladt fuglerede, uden at nogen gjorde modstand eller gav lyd fra sig!” 15 Men hør her, assyrerkonge! Praler en økse overfor den person, som svinger den? Bestemmer saven over den, som saver? Er en kæp herre over den, som slår med den? Kan en stok gå af sig selv? 16 På grund af dit praleri vil Herren, den Almægtige, lade sygdom tynde ud iblandt dine tropper. Under din ydre styrke ulmer ilden. 17 Lyset fra Israels Hellige vil blive som en fortærende ild. Pludselig vil han gøre det af med dig som tjørne og tidsler, der går op i røg. 18 Ja, Herren vil tynde ud både i din hær og i dit folk, som når træerne i en skov eller frugthave bliver fældet. 19 Der bliver så få tilbage, at selv et barn kan tælle dem.

Håb for Israels folks rest

20 Til den tid skal den rest, som er tilbage af Israels og Judas folk, ikke længere støtte sig til assyrerne, som forrådte dem. I stedet skal de søge hjælp hos Herren, Israels hellige Gud. 21 Denne rest skal vende sig til den almægtige Gud. 22 Selv om Israels folk engang var talrigt som sandet ved stranden, vil kun få af dem vende tilbage. Herren er hellig og retfærdig, og han har besluttet at straffe dem. 23 Den almægtige Herre og Gud vil gennemføre sin beslutning om at lægge hele landet øde. 24 Derfor siger Herren, den Almægtige: „Mit folk, som bor i Jerusalem, I skal ikke være bange for assyrerne, der undertrykker jer, som egypterne gjorde engang. 25 Det kommer ikke til at vare længe. Om kort tid er min vrede imod jer forbi, og så vil jeg vende min vrede mod assyrerne og udrydde dem.” 26 Herren, den Almægtige, vil svinge sin pisk over dem, ligesom dengang midjanitterne blev slået ved Orebs klippe. Hans stav er udrakt over dem, som dengang han druknede den egyptiske hær i havet. 27 Han vil løfte byrden fra jeres skuldre og åget fra jeres nakke. I vil nægte at bære åg, fordi Herren har gjort jer så stærke.* 28 Assyrerhæren rykkede frem til Ajjat og passerede gennem Migron. Ved Mikmas efterlod de en del af forsyningerne, hvorefter de marcherede over passet. Ved Geba slog de lejr for natten. Rama rystede af skræk, og indbyggerne i Sauls Gibea flygtede for livet. 30 Skrig af frygt, I folk fra Gallim, råb op, Laisha, stem i, Anatot! 31 Madmenas indbyggere flygtede, og Gebims indbyggere bragte sig i sikkerhed. 32 Fjendehæren nåede frem til Nob, hvor de slog lejr og nu truer med knyttede næver mod Jerusalem og Zions bjerg. 33 Men se! Herren, den Almægtige, fælder dem som grene, der hugges af træerne. Selv de stolteste stammer segner. 34 Der bliver lyst i skovens tykning. Som skovhuggeren fælder træerne på Libanons bjerge, sådan fælder den Almægtige sine fjender.

King James Version

1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it , and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man : 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Jesaja 10 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk King James Version

Herrens dom over Assyriens hovmod

Håb for Israels folks rest