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Hesekiel 11
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Hesekiel 11
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Herren ska återsamla Israel
11 Sedan lyfte anden upp mig och förde mig över till templets östra port, där jag fick se tjugofem av de mest framstående männen i staden och bland dem de två officerarna Jaasanja, Assurs son, och Pelatja, Benajas son.
2 Då sa anden till mig: Du människa, det är de här männen som är skyldiga till alla de dåliga råd som man får i den här staden.
3 De säger till folket: 'Nu är det dags att bygga upp Jerusalem, för vår stad är som en sköld av järn och kommer att skydda oss från allt ont.'
4 Därför ska du, människa, profetera högt och tydligt mot dem.
5 Sedan kom Herrens Ande över mig och sa till mig att säga detta: Herren säger till Israels folk: Är det så ni säger? Ja, jag vet det, för allt som ni tänker känner jag till. Jag vet om varje tanke ni får.
6 Ni har dödat oavbrutet och fyllt gatorna i staden med era offer.
7 Därför säger Herren Gud: Tror ni att den här staden är som en sköld av järn? Nej, det är den inte! Den kommer inte att skydda er. Era slagna kommer att få ligga kvar bakom den skölden, men ni kommer att släpas fram och dödas.
8 Jag kommer att utsätta er för det krig ni har varit så rädda för, säger Herren Gud,
9 och jag kommer att ta er bort från Jerusalem och överlämna åt främlingar att verkställa min dom över er.
10 Ni ska alla bli dödade, och jag ska låta döma er vid Israels gränser, och ni ska förstå att jag är Herren.
11 Nej, den här staden kommer inte att vara någon järnsköld för er, som ni skulle kunna känna er trygga bakom. Jag kommer att jaga er ända bort till Israels gräns,
12 och ni ska förstå att jag är Herren. Ni har inte varit lydiga mot mig utan i stället följt sedvänjorna hos folken runt omkring er.
13 Medan jag profeterade dog plötsligt Pelatja, Benajas son. Då föll jag ner med ansiktet mot marken och ropade: Herre, min Gud, tänker du döda varenda en i Israel?
14 Än en gång kom ett budskap från Herren:
15 Du människa, de som finns kvar i Jerusalem säger om sina landsflyktiga bröder: 'Det är för att de var så syndiga som Herren lät dem bli bortförda. Nu har Herren gett oss deras land!'
16 Men tala om för dem som lever i landsflykt att Herren Gud säger: Även om jag har förskingrat er till alla länder i hela världen, kommer jag ändå att beskydda er under den tid ni är där,
17 och jag kommer att samla er från de länder dit ni blivit spridda och ge er Israels land.
18 När ni kommer tillbaka, ska ni utplåna varje spår av denna avgudadyrkan.
19 Jag ska göra er ens till sinnes och ge er en ny ande. Jag ska ta bort era hjärtan av sten och ge er hjärtan fyllda av kärlek till Gud,
20 så att ni lyder mina lagar och blir mitt folk, och jag alltid kan vara er Gud.
21 Men beträffande dem som nu längtar efter avgudar i Jerusalem, kan jag bara säga att jag ska betala igen dem för deras synder, säger Herren Gud.
22 Sedan bredde keruberna ut sina vingar, och över varelserna och deras hjul vilade Israels Guds härlighet.
23 Och Herrens härlighet lämnade staden och stannade över berget öster om staden.
24 Därefter förde Guds Ande mig tillbaka till Babylon, till de judar som levde i landsflykt där. Så slutade min syn över besöket i Jerusalem.
25 Jag berättade för mina landsflyktiga landsmän allt som Herren hade visat mig.
Ezekiel 11
Common English Bible
Ezekiel 11
Common English Bible
11 A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw that two officials of the people, Jaazaniah, Azzur’s son, and Pelatiah, Benaiah’s son, were with them.
2 He said to me: Human one, these men devise evil plans and give wicked advice in this city. 3 They are the ones who say, “The nearest relatives aren’t building houses.[a] The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.” 4 Therefore, prophesy against them, human one, prophesy! 5 The Lord’s spirit took hold of me, and he said to me: Say, This is what the Lord God proclaims: So you have said, house of Israel! But I know what you really mean. 6 You continue to commit murder in this city, and you fill its streets with the slain.
7 Therefore, the Lord God proclaims: The city is the cooking pot, and the ones you have slain in it are the meat. But you will be taken out of it. 8 You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is what the Lord God says! 9 I will lead you out of the city, hand you over to foreigners, and execute judgments against you. 10 You will fall by the sword! At Israel’s borders I will judge you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 11 The city won’t be your cooking pot, and you won’t be the meat in it. At Israel’s borders, I will judge you. 12 You will know that I am the Lord, whose regulations you didn’t observe and whose case laws you didn’t follow. Instead, you followed the case laws of the nations around you.
13 While I was prophesying, Benaiah’s son Pelatiah dropped dead. I fell on my face, and I wailed and said, “Oh, Lord God! Are you finishing off even the Israelites who are left?”
14 The Lord’s word came to me: 15 Human one, when the people living in Jerusalem said, “They’ve gone far from the Lord, and we’ve been given the land as an inheritance,” they were talking about your family, your nearest relatives, the whole house of Israel, all of it.
16 Therefore, say, The Lord God proclaims: Even though I made them go far away among the nations and caused them to scatter throughout the earth, I’ve provided some sanctuary for them in the countries to which they’ve gone.
17 Therefore, say, The Lord God proclaims: I will gather you from the nations, assemble you from the countries where you were scattered, and I will give you Israel’s fertile land. 18 They will enter the land, and they will remove from it all its disgusting and detestable things. 19 I will give them a single heart, and I will put a new spirit in them. I will remove the stony hearts from their bodies and give them hearts of flesh 20 so that they may follow my regulations and carefully observe my case laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 21 As for those whose hearts continue to go after their disgusting and detestable things, I will hold them accountable for their ways. This is what the Lord God says!
22 Then the winged creatures raised their wings. The wheels were next to them, and the glory of Israel’s God was above them. 23 The Lord’s glory ascended from the middle of the city, and it stopped at the mountain east of the city. 24 And a wind lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Chaldea, through a vision with a divine wind.[b] When the vision I had seen left me, 25 I spoke to the exiles about everything the Lord had shown to me.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 11:3 Or it is not time to build houses
- Ezekiel 11:24 Or spirit
Ezekiel 11
New International Version
Ezekiel 11
New International Version
God’s Sure Judgment on Jerusalem
11 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the Lord that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah(A) son of Benaiah, leaders(B) of the people.(C) 2 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil(D) and giving wicked advice in this city.(E) 3 They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,(F) and we are the meat in it.’(G) 4 Therefore prophesy(H) against them; prophesy, son of man.”
5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the Lord says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.(I) 6 You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.(J)
7 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot,(K) but I will drive you out of it.(L) 8 You fear the sword,(M) and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(N) 9 I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands(O) of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.(P) 10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.(Q) Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11 This city will not be a pot(R) for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. 12 And you will know that I am the Lord,(S) for you have not followed my decrees(T) or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(U)”
13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah(V) son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?(W)”
The Promise of Israel’s Return
14 The word of the Lord came to me: 15 “Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, ‘They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.’(X)
16 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary(Y) for them in the countries where they have gone.’
17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’(Z)
18 “They will return to it and remove all its vile images(AA) and detestable idols.(AB) 19 I will give them an undivided heart(AC) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone(AD) and give them a heart of flesh.(AE) 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(AF) They will be my people,(AG) and I will be their God.(AH) 21 But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols,(AI) I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AJ)”
22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory(AK) of the God of Israel was above them.(AL) 23 The glory(AM) of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain(AN) east of it. 24 The Spirit(AO) lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia[a] in the vision(AP) given by the Spirit of God.
Then the vision I had seen went up from me, 25 and I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.(AQ)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 11:24 Or Chaldea
Ezekiel 11
King James Version
Ezekiel 11
King James Version
11 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
14 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord: unto us is this land given in possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had shewed me.
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