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2 Kungaboken 19
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
2 Kungaboken 19
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jerusalems befrielse förutsägs
19 (A) När kung Hiskia hörde det rev han sönder sina kläder, svepte sig i säcktyg och gick in i Herrens hus. 2 Och han sände överförvaltaren Eljakim och skrivaren Shebna och de äldste bland prästerna, klädda i säcktyg, till profeten Jesaja, Amos son. 3 (B) De sade till honom: ”Så säger Hiskia: Denna dag är en dag av nöd, bestraffning och förakt, för fostren har kommit fram till födseln men det finns ingen kraft att föda. 4 (C) Kanske ska Herren din Gud höra vad Rab-Shake säger, han som hans herre kungen av Assyrien har sänt för att håna den levande Guden, så att han straffar honom för dessa ord som Herren din Gud har hört. Be en bön för den rest som är kvar.”
5 När kung Hiskias tjänare kom till Jesaja, 6 sade Jesaja till dem: ”Så ska ni säga till er herre: Så säger Herren: Var inte rädda för de ord som du hört och som den assyriske kungens tjänare har hädat mig med. 7 (D) Se, jag ska låta en ande verka i honom så att han vänder tillbaka till sitt land när han får höra ett rykte. Och jag ska låta honom falla för svärd i sitt eget land.”
8 Rab-Shake vände tillbaka och fann den assyriske kungen upptagen med att belägra Libna[a]. Han hade nämligen hört att kungen hade brutit upp från Lakish. 9 Men när Sanherib fick höra att Nubiens kung Tirhaka[b] hade dragit ut för att strida mot honom, skickade han åter sändebud till Hiskia med detta budskap: 10 (E) ”Så ska ni säga till Hiskia, kungen i Juda: Låt inte din Gud som du förtröstar på bedra dig så att du tänker: Jerusalem ska inte falla i den assyriske kungens hand. 11 Du har ju hört vad Assyriens kungar har gjort med alla länder och förintat dem fullständigt. Och du skulle bli räddad! 12 Har folken[c] som mina fäder fördärvade, Gozan, Harran, Resef och Edens barn i Telassar, blivit räddade av sina gudar? 13 Var är kungen av Hamat, kungen av Arpad[d] och kungen över staden Sefarvajim, Hena och Iva?”
Hiskias bön
14 (F) När Hiskia hade tagit emot brevet av budbärarna och läst det, gick han upp i Herrens hus och bredde ut det inför Herrens ansikte. 15 (G) Och Hiskia bad till Herren och sade: ”Herre, Israels Gud, du som tronar på keruberna, endast du är Gud över alla riken på jorden. Du har gjort himlen och jorden. 16 Herre, vänd hit ditt öra och hör. Herre, öppna dina ögon och se. Hör Sanheribs ord som han talat för att håna den levande Guden. 17 Det är sant, Herre, att Assyriens kungar har ödelagt hednafolken och deras länder. 18 (H) Och de har kastat deras gudar i elden, för de var inga gudar utan verk av människohänder, trä och sten. Därför kunde de förgöra dem. 19 Men nu, Herre vår Gud, rädda oss ur hans hand, så att alla riken på jorden förstår att du är Herren Gud, bara du.”
Jesaja förutsäger Sanheribs fall
20 (I) Då sände Jesaja, Amos son, detta bud till Hiskia: ”Så säger Herren, Israels Gud: Jag har hört det som du har bett till mig angående Assyriens kung Sanherib, 21 och detta är det ord som Herren har talat om honom:
Hon föraktar dig och hånar dig,
jungfrun, dottern Sion.
Hon skakar på huvudet åt dig,
dottern Jerusalem.
22 Vem har du hånat och hädat,
mot vem har du höjt din röst
och högmodigt lyft din blick?
Jo, mot Israels Helige!
23 (J) Genom dina sändebud
hånade du Herren
när du sade:
”Med mina många vagnar
drog jag upp på bergens höjder,
till Libanons avlägsna trakter.
Jag högg ner dess höga cedrar[e]
och utvalda cypresser.
Jag trängde fram
till dess bortesta boning
och dess frodiga skog.
24 Jag grävde brunnar
och drack främmande vatten,
med mina fötter torkade jag ut
alla Egyptens strömmar.”
25 Har du inte hört att jag
för länge sedan gjorde detta,
att jag i forntidens dagar
bestämde det,
och nu har jag låtit det komma?
Du fick makt
att ödelägga befästa städer
och göra dem till ruinhögar.
26 (K) Deras invånare blev maktlösa,
de blev förskräckta
och stod med skam.
Det gick med dem
som med gräset på marken
och den späda grönskan,
som med gräset på taken
och säden som förbränns
innan den växer upp.
27 (L) Jag vet om du sitter,
om du går ut
eller kommer in,
och hur du rasar mot mig.
28 (M) Därför att du rasar mot mig
och ditt högmod har nått
mina öron,
ska jag sätta min krok
i din näsa
och mitt betsel i din mun[f]
och föra dig tillbaka samma väg
som du kom.
29 (N) Detta ska vara tecknet för dig: Man ska detta år äta vad som växer upp av spillsäd och nästa år av självvuxen säd, men det tredje året ska ni så och skörda, plantera vingårdar och äta deras frukt. 30 Och de räddade av Juda hus som blivit kvar ska på nytt slå rot nertill och bära frukt upptill. 31 (O) För från Jerusalem ska en rest gå ut, de räddade från Sions berg. Herrens egen lidelse ska göra det. 32 Därför säger Herren så om Assyriens kung:
Han ska inte komma in
i denna stad
eller skjuta någon pil ditin.
Han ska inte närma sig
den bakom en sköld
eller kasta upp en vall[g] mot den.
33 Han ska vända tillbaka
samma väg som han kom.
Han ska inte komma in
i denna stad, säger Herren,
34 (P) för jag ska skydda
och rädda denna stad
för min och min tjänare
Davids skull.”
Sanheribs fall
35 (Q) Samma natt gick Herrens ängel ut och slog 185 000 i assyriernas läger. När man steg upp tidigt nästa morgon, då låg där fullt av döda kroppar. 36 Då bröt Assyriens kung Sanherib upp[h] och vände tillbaka. Han stannade sedan i Nineve[i]. 37 (R) Och när han en gång tillbad i sin gud Nisroks tempel, blev han dödad[j] med svärd av sina söner Adrammelek och Sareser. De flydde sedan till Ararats land. Hans son Esarhaddon[k] blev kung efter honom.
Footnotes
- 19:8 Libna Befäst stad ca 5 mil sydväst om Jerusalem.
- 19:9 Nubiens kung Tirhaka Befälhavare från nuvarande Sudan, senare farao över Egypten ca 690-664 f Kr.
- 19:12 folken De uppräknade platserna ligger längs Syriens norra gräns.
- 19:13 Hamat … Arpad Syriska stadsstater. Sefarvajim kan vara Sippar som låg norr om Babel.
- 19:23 högg ner dess höga cedrar Sanherib använde cedrar från Libanon till sitt palats i Nineve.
- 19:28 krok i din näsa och … mun Så behandlade assyrierna många kungliga fångar.
- 19:32 vall Belägrare byggde en sluttande vall upp mot stadsmurens topp (bevarats t ex i Lakish).
- 19:36 Då bröt … Sanherib upp I sin krönika menar Sanherib att han, efter att ha erövrat fyrtiosex städer i Juda, nöjde sig med att han ”stängde in” Hiskia och Jerusalem ”som en fågel i en bur” och sedan återvände hem. I en senare version enligt den grekiske historikern Herodotos besvaras en prästkungs bön med en invasion av råttor över den belägrande armén.
- 19:36 Nineve Assyriens huvudstad gick sedan under 612 f Kr, förutsagt av Nahum (se Nah 1:8f).
- 19:37 en gång … dödad Sanherib mördades 681 f Kr, tjugo år senare.
- 19:37 Esarhaddon Sanheribs yngste son som regerade 681-669 f Kr (se även Esra 4:2).
2 Kings 19
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2 Kings 19
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Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold(A)
19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore(B) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. 2 He sent Eliakim(C) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,(D) all wearing sackcloth,(E) to the prophet Isaiah(F) son of Amoz. 3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment(G) of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. 4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(H) the living God, and that he will rebuke(I) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant(J) that still survives.”
5 When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(K) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(L) me. 7 Listen! When he hears a certain report,(M) I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.(N)’”
8 When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(O) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(P)
9 Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a] was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend(Q) on deceive(R) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’ 11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? 12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver(S) them—the gods of Gozan,(T) Harran,(U) Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?”(V)
Hezekiah’s Prayer(W)
14 Hezekiah received the letter(X) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,(Y) you alone(Z) are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Give ear,(AA) Lord, and hear;(AB) open your eyes,(AC) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.
17 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods(AD) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(AE) 19 Now, Lord our God, deliver(AF) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms(AG) of the earth may know(AH) that you alone, Lord, are God.”
Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall(AI)(AJ)
20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard(AK) your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against(AL) him:
“‘Virgin Daughter(AM) Zion
despises(AN) you and mocks(AO) you.
Daughter Jerusalem
tosses her head(AP) as you flee.
22 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(AQ)
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One(AR) of Israel!
23 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,(AS)
“With my many chariots(AT)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights of Lebanon.
I have cut down(AU) its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.
I have reached its remotest parts,
the finest of its forests.
24 I have dug wells in foreign lands
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25 “‘Have you not heard?(AV)
Long ago I ordained it.
In days of old I planned(AW) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(AX)
26 Their people, drained of power,(AY)
are dismayed(AZ) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,(BA)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
scorched(BB) before it grows up.
27 “‘But I know(BC) where you are
and when you come and go
and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(BD) in your nose
and my bit(BE) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(BF)
by the way you came.’
29 “This will be the sign(BG) for you, Hezekiah:
“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(BH)
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards(BI) and eat their fruit.
30 Once more a remnant(BJ) of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(BK) below and bear fruit above.
31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(BL)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(BM)
“The zeal(BN) of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
“‘He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return;(BO)
he will not enter this city,
declares the Lord.
34 I will defend(BP) this city and save it,
for my sake and for the sake of David(BQ) my servant.’”
35 That night the angel of the Lord(BR) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(BS) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(BT) He returned to Nineveh(BU) and stayed there.
37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek(BV) and Sharezer killed him with the sword,(BW) and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(BX) And Esarhaddon(BY) his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 19:9 That is, the upper Nile region
2 Kings 19
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2 Kings 19
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19 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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