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Jeremiah 27
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Jeremiah 27
New International Version
Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar
27 Early in the reign of Zedekiah[a](A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke(B) out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. 3 Then send(C) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,(D) Tyre and Sidon(E) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: 5 With my great power and outstretched arm(F) I made(G) the earth and its people and the animals(H) that are on it, and I give(I) it to anyone I please. 6 Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(J) Nebuchadnezzar(K) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(L) 7 All nations will serve(M) him and his son and his grandson until the time(N) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(O) him.
8 “‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish(P) that nation with the sword,(Q) famine(R) and plague,(S) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand. 9 So do not listen to your prophets,(T) your diviners,(U) your interpreters of dreams,(V) your mediums(W) or your sorcerers(X) who tell you, ‘You will not serve(Y) the king of Babylon.’ 10 They prophesy lies(Z) to you that will only serve to remove(AA) you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. 11 But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke(AB) of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live(AC) there, declares the Lord.”’”
12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke(AD) of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.(AE) 13 Why will you and your people die(AF) by the sword, famine and plague(AG) with which the Lord has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Do not listen(AH) to the words of the prophets(AI) who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies(AJ) to you. 15 ‘I have not sent(AK) them,’ declares the Lord. ‘They are prophesying lies in my name.(AL) Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish,(AM) both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.’”
16 Then I said to the priests and all these people, “This is what the Lord says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, ‘Very soon now the articles(AN) from the Lord’s house will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen(AO) to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live.(AP) Why should this city become a ruin? 18 If they are prophets and have the word of the Lord, let them plead(AQ) with the Lord Almighty that the articles remaining in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. 19 For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea,(AR) the movable stands and the other articles(AS) that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried(AT) Jehoiachin[b](AU) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: 22 ‘They will be taken(AV) to Babylon and there they will remain until the day(AW) I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring(AX) them back and restore them to this place.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 27:1 A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiakim (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.)
- Jeremiah 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin
Jeremias 27
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Jeremias 27
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Jeremias opfordrer landene til at acceptere Babyloniens herredømme
27 Herren gav mig følgende budskab i begyndelsen af kong Zidkijas[a] regeringsperiode:
2 „Lav et åg og spænd det fast over nakken med læderstropper. 3-4 Derefter skal du sende de udsendinge, der er kommet til kong Zidkija i Jerusalem fra kongerne i Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyrus og Sidon tilbage til deres herrer med følgende budskab fra Herren, den Almægtige, Israels Gud: 5 Det er mig, der har skabt jorden og alle de mennesker og dyr, der lever på jorden. Derfor kan jeg gøre med ethvert land, som jeg vil. 6 Nu overdrager jeg jeres lande til kong Nebukadnezar af Babylonien. Jeg har givet ham kontrol over alt, selv de vilde dyr. 7 Alle jeres lande bliver underlagt ham og hans søn og hans sønnesøn, indtil deres stormagtstid er forbi. Så skal andre nationer og mægtige konger erobre og regere over Babylonien. 8 Men hvis et land nægter at underlægge sig kong Nebukadnezars åg, vil jeg bruge ham til at straffe det land med krig, hungersnød og epidemier, indtil det bukker under.
9 Lyt ikke til jeres falske profeter, sandsigere, drømmetydere, medier og troldmænd, der siger, at I ikke skal underordne jer Babyloniens herredømme. 10 De ved ikke, hvad de snakker om. Hvis I lytter til dem, vil det ende med, at nogle af jer bliver dræbt, mens andre bliver ført i eksil som slaver. 11 Men hvis I accepterer den babyloniske konges herredømme over jer, skal I få lov til at blive boende i jeres land og dyrke jeres jord som hidtil.”
12 Herren bad mig give et tilsvarende budskab til kong Zidkija af Juda: „Hvis I ønsker at overleve, skal I tage den babyloniske konges åg på jer. 13 Vil I hellere opleve krig, hungersnød og epidemier? Det er, hvad Herren har sagt vil ramme de lande, der ikke frivilligt underkaster sig Babyloniens konge. 14 Lyt ikke til de falske profeter, der siger, at I ikke skal underordne jer den babyloniske konges herredømme, for de ved ikke, hvad de snakker om. 15 De profeterer løgn alle sammen, og det er ikke Herren, der har sendt dem, selv om de påstår det. Hvis I lytter til dem, vil nogle af jer blive dræbt og resten ført i eksil. Det gælder også dig, som er konge, og alle de falske profeter.”
16 Jeg advarede også præsterne og folket med følgende ord: „Herren siger, at I ikke må lytte til de profeter, der påstår, at de kostbarheder, som babylonierne tog fra Herrens tempel, snart bliver bragt tilbage hertil. De lyver, 17 og derfor må I ikke lytte til dem. Hvis I har livet kært, så tag den babyloniske konges åg på jer. Ellers bliver hele byen lagt i ruiner. 18 Hvis de profeter virkelig var sendt af Herren, den Almægtige, så ville de bede ham om at skåne de kostbarheder, der endnu er tilbage i templet, i kongepaladset og andre steder i byen, så de ikke også ender i Babylon.
19-22 Herren, den Almægtige, siger: Nebukadnezar bortførte i første omgang Jerusalems og Judas overklasse til Babylon sammen med kong Jekonja. Dengang efterlod han bronzesøjlerne foran templet, det store bronzekar med vand i tempelforgården, de ti rulleborde af bronze, hvorpå offerdyrene slagtes, samt meget andet tempelinventar. Men de ting vil også blive ført til Babylon, og der vil de blive, indtil jeg sender bud efter dem. Engang i fremtiden vil jeg bringe dem tilbage til Jerusalem.”
Footnotes
- 27,1 De fleste hebraiske manuskripter har fejlagtigt navnet Jojakim her. Begge var sønner af Josias. Se 28,1.
Jeremiah 27
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Jeremiah 27
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Symbol of the Bonds and Yokes
27 In[a] the beginning of the reign of [b]Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, (A)king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, (B)and put them on your neck, 3 and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 And command them to say to their masters, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel—thus you shall say to your masters: 5 (C)‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and (D)have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me. 6 (E)And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (F)My servant; and (G)the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him. 7 (H)So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, (I)until the time of his land comes; (J)and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them. 8 And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the Lord, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [c]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.” 10 For they prophesy a (K)lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. 11 But the nations that bring their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let them remain in their own land,’ says the Lord, ‘and they shall till it and dwell in it.’ ” ’ ”
12 I also spoke to (L)Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live! 13 (M)Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore (N)do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy (O)a lie to you; 15 for I have (P)not sent them,” says the Lord, “yet they prophesy a lie in My name, that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, (Q)the vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon”; for they prophesy a lie to you. 17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babylon.’
19 “For thus says the Lord of hosts (R)concerning the pillars, concerning the Sea, concerning the carts, and concerning the remainder of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away (S)captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the (T)vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem: 22 ‘They shall be (U)carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I (V)visit them,’ says the Lord. ‘Then (W)I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 27:1 LXX omits v. 1.
- Jeremiah 27:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Arab., Syr. Zedekiah (cf. 27:3, 12; 28:1)
- Jeremiah 27:9 Lit. dreams
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