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Jeremiah 16
New International Version
Jeremiah 16
New International Version
Day of Disaster
16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You must not marry(A) and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:(B) 4 “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(D) They will perish by sword and famine,(E) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(F)
5 For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity(G) from this people,” declares the Lord. 6 “Both high and low will die in this land.(H) They will not be buried or mourned,(I) and no one will cut(J) themselves or shave(K) their head for the dead. 7 No one will offer food(L) to comfort those who mourn(M) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(N) them.
8 “And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.(O) 9 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(P) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(Q) and bridegroom in this place.(R)
10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(S) 11 then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped(T) them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.(U) 12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.(V) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts(W) instead of obeying me. 13 So I will throw you out of this land(X) into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known,(Y) and there you will serve other gods(Z) day and night, for I will show you no favor.’(AA)
14 “However, the days are coming,”(AB) declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(AC) 15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north(AD) and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’(AE) For I will restore(AF) them to the land I gave their ancestors.(AG)
16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.(AH) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt(AI) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.(AJ) 17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(AK) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(AL) 18 I will repay(AM) them double(AN) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(AO) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(AP) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(AQ)”(AR)
19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge(AS) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(AT)
from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(AU)
worthless idols(AV) that did them no good.(AW)
20 Do people make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods!”(AX)
21 “Therefore I will teach them—
this time I will teach them
my power and might.
Then they will know
that my name(AY) is the Lord.
Jeremia 16
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jeremia 16
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Nödens dag
16 Herrens ord kom till mig. Han sade: 2 Du ska inte ta dig hustru eller få söner och döttrar på denna plats. 3 För så säger Herren om de söner och döttrar som föds på denna plats, om mödrarna som föder dem och fäderna som får dem i detta land: 4 (A) De ska dö av svåra sjukdomar. Man ska inte sörja dem eller begrava dem, utan de ska bli gödsel på marken. Genom svärd och svält ska de gå under, och deras döda kroppar ska bli mat åt himlens fåglar och markens djur.
5 För så säger Herren: Du ska inte gå in i något sorgehus, inte gå för att sörja med dem eller trösta dem. För jag har tagit bort min frid från detta folk, säger Herren, och även min nåd och barmhärtighet. 6 (B) Både stora och små ska dö i detta land utan att bli begravda, och man ska inte hålla dödsklagan över dem. Ingen ska rista sig eller raka sitt huvud för deras skull. 7 (C) Man ska inte bryta sorgebröd över dem för att trösta någon som sörjer en död eller ge tröstebägare att dricka när någon har förlorat far eller mor.
8 Du ska inte heller gå till festmåltid och sitta tillsammans med dem för att äta och dricka. 9 (D) För så säger Herren Sebaot, Israels Gud: Se, inför era ögon och medan ni ännu lever ska jag på denna plats göra slut på jubelrop och glädjerop, på rop för brudgum och rop för brud.
10 (E) När du tillkännager allt detta för folket och de frågar dig: ”Varför har Herren uttalat denna stora olycka över oss? Och vilken missgärning och synd har vi begått mot Herren vår Gud?” 11 då ska du svara dem: ”Era fäder övergav mig, säger Herren, och följde andra gudar och tjänade och tillbad dem. De övergav mig och höll inte min lag. 12 Och ni har själva gjort ännu mer ont än era fäder. För se, ni följer var och en sitt onda och hårda hjärta och vill inte lyssna på mig. 13 (F) Därför ska jag slunga er bort ur detta land till ett land som varken ni eller era fäder har lärt känna, och där ska ni få tjäna andra gudar både dag och natt. Jag ska inte ha något förbarmande med er.”
Befrielse ur fångenskapen
14 (G) Se, dagar ska komma, säger Herren, då man inte mer ska säga: ”Så sant Herren lever, han som förde Israels barn upp ur Egyptens land”, 15 utan: ”Så sant Herren lever, han som förde Israels barn ut ur landet i norr och ur alla andra länder dit han hade fördrivit dem.” För jag ska föra dem tillbaka till deras land som jag gav deras fäder.
16 (H) Se, jag ska sända bud efter många fiskare, säger Herren, och de ska fiska upp dem. Sedan ska jag sända bud efter många jägare, och de ska fånga dem på alla berg och alla höjder och i alla bergsskrevor, 17 (I) för mina ögon ser alla deras vägar. De kan inte gömma sig för mitt ansikte och deras missgärning kan inte döljas för mina ögon. 18 (J) Och först ska jag i dubbelt mått straffa dem för deras missgärning och synd, därför att de har orenat mitt land med sina livlösa och avskyvärda gudar och fyllt min arvedel med sina vidrigheter.
19 (K) Herre, du min styrka och mitt värn,
min tillflykt på nödens dag,
till dig ska hednafolken komma
från jordens ändar och säga:
”Bara lögn har våra fäder ärvt,
tomma avgudar
som inte kan hjälpa.
20 (L) Kan en människa göra sig gudar?
Nej, de gudarna är inga gudar.”
21 (M) Därför ska jag nu visa dem,
den här gången
ska jag låta dem känna
min hand och min makt.
De ska inse
att mitt namn är Herren.
Jeremiah 16
King James Version
Jeremiah 16
King James Version
16 The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.
6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.
Jeremiah 16
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 16
English Standard Version
Famine, Sword, and Death
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land: 4 (A)They shall die of deadly diseases. (B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. (C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. (D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, (E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
5 “For thus says the Lord: (F)Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord. 6 Both great and small shall die in this land. (G)They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or (H)cut himself (I)or make himself bald for them. 7 No one shall (J)break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother. 8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink. 9 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (K)Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 “And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, (L)‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them: (M)‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and (N)have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, 12 and because (O)you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, (P)every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me. 13 Therefore (Q)I will hurl you out of this land into (R)a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, (S)and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
The Lord Will Restore Israel
14 (T)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, (U)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ 15 but (V)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel (W)out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For (X)I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, (Y)I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out (Z)of the clefts of the rocks. 17 For (AA)my eyes are on all their ways. (AB)They are not hidden from me, (AC)nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes. 18 But first (AD)I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and (AE)have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 (AF)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(AG)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(AH)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(AI)worthless things in which there is no profit.
20 Can man make for himself (AJ)gods?
Such are not gods!”
21 “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that (AK)my name is the Lord.”
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