Jeremia 6
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Jerusalem belägras men folket omvänder sig inte
6 Fly bort från Jerusalem, ni Benjamins barn!
Blås i hornet i Tekoa,
res upp ett högt baner i Bet-Hakkerem!
Ty en olycka hotar från norr
med stor förödelse.
2 Jag vill ödelägga dotter Sion,
den vackra och bortskämda.
3 Herdar skall komma över henne med sina hjordar.
De skall slå upp sina tält runt omkring henne
och beta av, var och en sitt stycke.
4 Rusta er till strid mot henne!
"Kom låt oss dra upp vid middagstid!
Men ve oss, dagen går mot sitt slut
och kvällens skuggor förlängs.
5 Kom, låt oss dra upp om natten
och förstöra hennes palats."
6 Ty så säger Herren Sebaot:
Fäll träd och kasta upp vallar mot Jerusalem!
Detta är staden som skall straffas.
Den är full av förtryck.
7 Som en källa låter vatten välla fram,
så låter den sin ondska välla ut.
Om våld och förödelse hör man där,
sår och slag är alltid inför mina ögon.
8 Låt varna dig, Jerusalem,
så att jag inte vänder mig ifrån dig
och gör dig till en ödemark,
till ett land där ingen bor.
9 Så säger Herren Sebaot:
En efterskörd, som på en vinstock,
skall man bärga på kvarlevan av Israel.
Räck på nytt ut din hand,
som när man plockar druvor från rankorna.
10 Till vem skall jag tala
och för vem skall jag vittna, så att de hör?
Deras öron är tillslutna[a]
så att de inte kan höra.
Herrens ord föraktas bland dem,
de vill inte veta av det.
11 Därför är jag fylld av Herrens vrede,
jag orkar inte hålla den tillbaka.
Töm ut den över barnen på gatan
och över alla unga män där de samlas.
Både man och kvinna skall drabbas,
också den gamle och den som fyllt sina dagars mått.
12 Främlingar skall ta över deras hus,
deras åkrar och hustrur,
ty jag vill räcka ut min hand mot dem som bor i landet,
säger Herren.
13 Ty hög som låg, alla söker de orätt vinning.
Både profet och präst,
alla handlar de lögnaktigt.
14 De tar det lätt med att hela mitt folks skada
och säger: "Allt står väl till, allt står väl till".
Men allt står inte väl till.
15 De skall stå där med skam,
ty de har bedrivit avskyvärda ting.
Ändå känner de ingen skam
och förstår inte att blygas.
Därför skall de falla bland dem som faller.
När tiden kommer att jag skall straffa dem,
skall de komma på fall, säger Herren.
16 Så säger Herren:
"Ställ er vid vägarna och spana,
fråga efter de urgamla stigarna.
Fråga efter den goda vägen
och vandra på den,
så skall ni finna ro för era själar."
Men de svarade: "Vi vill inte vandra på den."
17 När jag satte väktare över er och sade:
"Lyssna till ljudet från hornet", svarade de:
"Vi vill inte lyssna."
18 Hör därför, ni hednafolk,
lägg noga märke till, du menighet,
vad som sker bland dem.
19 Hör du jord:
Se, jag skall låta olycka drabba detta folk,
frukten av deras tankar,
eftersom de inte har lyssnat på mina ord
utan har förkastat min lag.
20 Vad bryr jag mig om rökelse
även om den kommer från Saba,
eller om bästa kalmus från fjärran land?
Era brännoffer har jag inte behag till
och era slaktoffer tycker jag inte om.
21 Därför säger Herren så:
Se, jag skall lägga stötestenar framför detta folk,
och på dem skall fäder och söner tillsammans snubbla,
grannar och vänner förgås.
22 Så säger Herren:
Se, ett folk kommer från landet i norr,
ett stort hednafolk reser sig vid jordens yttersta ände.
23 De bär båge och lans,
de är grymma och skoningslösa.
Deras röst är som havets dån,
och på sina hästar rider de fram,
rustade som kämpar till strid
mot dig, du dotter Sion.
24 Vi har hört ryktet om dem
våra händer sjunker ner,
ängslan griper oss,
ångest som hos en barnaföderska.
25 Gå inte ut på öppna fältet
och vandra ej på vägen,
ty fiendens svärd är där med skräck från alla sidor.
26 Du, mitt folk, min dotter, kläd dig i säcktyg,
rulla dig i aska,
höj sorgesång som efter ende sonen
och håll bitter dödsklagan.
Ty plötsligt kommer fördärvaren över oss.
27 Jag har satt dig att pröva mitt folk
och gjort dig till en fast borg,
för att du skall lära känna och pröva deras vandel.
28 Alla är de förhärdade upprorsmakare,
som går med förtal,
de är som koppar och järn.
Alla handlar de fördärvligt.
29 Blåsbälgen pustar,
men ur elden kommer bara bly.
All ytterligare rening är förgäves,
de onda kan inte avlägsnas.
30 "Förkastat silver" kallar man dem,
ty Herren har förkastat dem.
Footnotes
- Jeremia 6:10 tillslutna Ordagrant: "oomskurna".
Jeremiah 6
King James Version
6 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Jeremiah 6
Young's Literal Translation
6 Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.
2 The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.
3 Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.
4 Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,
5 `Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'
6 For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly -- she is oppression in her midst.
7 As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.
8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
9 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.
10 To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.
11 And with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing,) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days,
12 And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.
13 For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,
14 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
15 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.
16 Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'
17 And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them.
19 Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it.
20 Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.
21 Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.
22 Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
23 Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 `We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
25 Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.
26 O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.
27 A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.
29 The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.
30 `Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
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