Jeremia 43 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

En stor del af judæerne søger alligevel tilflugt i Egypten

1 Da jeg havde givet dem Herrens svar,

2 sagde Jezanja,* Johanan og de andre overmodige mænd til mig: „Du lyver! Herren har ikke sagt, at vi ikke må rejse til Egypten og bosætte os der. Det er Baruk, Nerijas søn, der står bag den idé. Det er ham, der har overtalt dig til at sige sådan, så vi kan blive slået ihjel af babylonierne eller gjort til slaver i Babylonien.”

4 Johanan, officererne og de øvrige ledere nægtede altså at adlyde Herrens befaling om at blive i Juda.

5 Johanan og de andre officerer samlede en stor gruppe judæere og begav sig af sted til Egypten. Deriblandt var alle de judæere, der netop var vendt hjem fra nabolandene, som de i sin tid var flygtet til.

6 Også kongens døtre og alle de andre, som Nebuzaradan havde overladt i Gedaljas varetægt i Mitzpa, blev taget med, både mænd, kvinder og børn. De tvang også Baruk og mig til at tage med.

7 De nægtede altså at adlyde Herren og nåede inden længe frem til byen Takpankes i Egypten.

8 Mens vi var i Takpankes, sagde Herren til mig:

9 „Kald Judas mænd sammen. Tag så i deres påsyn nogle store sten og grav dem ned i brolægningen ved indgangen til Faraos palads her i Takpankes.

10 Derefter skal du sige til judæerne: Hør, hvad Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud, siger: Kong Nebukadnezar af Babylon er min tjener, og jeg vil bringe ham her til Egypten. Han vil rejse sin trone på brolægningen og udspænde sin tronhimmel over de sten, der er gravet ned her.

11 Når han kommer, vil han rasere Egypten. Nogle vil blive dræbt i kampen, andre vil blive taget til fange, og andre vil dø af sygdom. Alle vil få den skæbne, som er bestemt for dem.

12 Nebukadnezar vil sætte ild til de egyptiske guders templer og enten brænde afgudsbillederne eller tage dem med sig. Som hyrden, der piller lus af sin kappe, vil den babyloniske konge pille Egypten ren og drage bort som sejrherre.

13 Han vil knuse de hellige obelisker i Heliopolis og brænde Egyptens gudetempler.”

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King James Version

1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king' daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh' house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.

12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

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