Jesaja 28
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Ve över Samaria
28 Ve dig, du stolta krona av Efraims druckna män,
du vissnande blomma av hans strålande härlighet
på bergskrönet ovanför de vinberusades bördiga dal.
2 Se, från Herren kommer en som är stark och mäktig,
lik en hagelskur, en förödande storm,
lik en flod med väldiga, översvämmande vatten,
som med makt slår allt till jorden.
3 Den stolta kronan av Efraims druckna män trampas då under fötterna.
4 Den vissnande blomman av hans strålande härlighet
på bergskrönet ovanför den bördiga dalen
skall bli som ett tidigt moget fikon före sommaren:
Så snart någon får syn på det slukar han det,
medan det ännu är i hans hand.
5 På den dagen skall Herren Sebaot bli en härlig krona
och en strålande krans för kvarlevan av sitt folk.
6 Han skall bli en rättens ande för den som skipar rätt
och en styrka för dem som driver fienden på porten.
7 Men också dessa raglar av vin
och vinglar av starka drycker.
Både präst och profet raglar av starka drycker.
De är berusade av vin
och vinglar.
De raglar när de profeterar,
de stapplar när de skipar rätt.
8 Alla bord är täckta med vämjeliga spyor,
det finns ingen ren fläck.
9 "Vem kan han lära förstånd?
För vem förklarar han budskapet?
Dem som just är avvanda från modersmjölken,
nyss tagna från modersbröstet?
10 Ty det är bud på bud, bud på bud,
ljud på ljud, ljud på ljud,
lite här, lite där!"[a]
11 Ja, genom stammande läppar
och på främmande språk
skall han tala till detta folk,
12 han som en gång sade till dem:
"Här är viloplatsen, låt den trötte vila.
Här är vederkvickelse."
Men de ville inte höra.
13 Och Herrens ord blev för dem
"bud på bud, bud på bud,
ljud på ljud, ljud på ljud,
lite här, lite där."
Så skall de, bäst de går,
falla baklänges och krossas,
bli snärjda och fångade.
14 Hör därför Herrens ord, ni hånare,
ni som härskar över folket här i Jerusalem.
15 Ni säger:
"Vi har slutit förbund med döden,
vi har ingått fördrag med dödsriket.
När gisslet far fram som en översvämmande flod,
skall det inte nå oss,
ty vi har gjort lögnen till vår tillflykt,
falskheten till vårt gömställe."
16 Därför säger Herren Herren så:
Se, jag har lagt en grundsten i Sion, en beprövad sten,
en dyrbar hörnsten,
en fast grundval.
Den som tror på den behöver inte fly.
17 Och jag skall låta rätten vara mätsnöret
och rättfärdigheten sänklodet.
Hagel skall slå ner lögnens tillflykt,
vatten skall skölja bort gömstället.
18 Ert förbund med döden skall upplösas,
ert fördrag med dödsriket skall inte bestå.
När gisslet far fram som en översvämmande flod,
skall ni bli nertrampade av det.
19 Så ofta det far fram, skall det träffa er.
Morgon efter morgon skall det fara fram,
ja, både dag och natt.
Det blir bara förfäran när man förstår budskapet.
20 Ty sängen är för kort att sträcka ut sig på,
täcket för smalt att svepa in sig i.
21 Ja, Herren skall resa sig som på Perasims berg,
och han skall vredgas som i Gibeons dal
för att utföra sitt verk, sitt främmande verk,
och fullgöra sitt arbete, sitt förunderliga arbete.
22 Sluta nu med ert hån,
så att era band inte dras åt ännu hårdare,
ty jag har hört från Herren, Herren Sebaot
om förödelse och orubbligt beslutad straffdom över hela jorden.
23 Lyssna och hör min röst,
akta på vad jag säger.
24 När åkermannen vill så,
plöjer han då ständigt
och hackar upp och harvar sin åker?
25 Är det inte så att när han har berett marken,
strör han ut svartkummin och kryddkummin,
sår vete i rader och korn på dess plats
och spältvete[b] i kanten.
26 Ty hans Gud har undervisat honom
och lärt honom det rätta sättet.
27 Man tröskar inte heller svartkummin med tröskvagn
och låter inte vagnshjul gå över kryddkummin,
utan man klappar ut svartkummin med stav
och kryddkummin med käpp.
28 Brödsäden mals och tröskas inte i det oändliga,
man driver inte ständigt sina vagnshjul och hästar över den.
Man vill ju inte tröska sönder den.
29 Också detta kommer från Herren Sebaot,
underbar i råd och stor i vishet.
Footnotes
- Jesaja 28:10 De korta, ljudliknande orden anspelar på assyriernas obegripliga språk.
- Jesaja 28:25 spältvete är en sorts vete.
Isaiah 28
New King James Version
Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [a]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
(A)Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [b]verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts will be
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 But they also (B)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(C)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
9 “Whom(D) will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 (E)For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
11 For with (F)stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
12 To whom He said, “This is the (G)rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the Lord was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
(H)For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
A Cornerstone in Zion
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I lay in Zion (I)a stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily.
17 Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will be trampled down by it.
19 As often as it goes out it will take you;
For morning by morning it will pass over,
And by day and by night;
It will be a terror just to understand the report.”
20 For the bed is too short to stretch out on,
And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount (J)Perazim,
He will be angry as in the Valley of (K)Gibeon—
That He may do His work, (L)His awesome work,
And bring to pass His act, His [c]unusual act.
22 Now therefore, do not be mockers,
Lest your bonds be made strong;
For I have heard from the Lord God of hosts,
(M)A [d]destruction determined even upon the whole earth.
Listen to the Teaching of God
23 Give ear and hear my voice,
Listen and hear my speech.
24 Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow?
Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
25 When he has leveled its surface,
Does he not sow the black cummin
And scatter the cummin,
Plant the wheat in rows,
The barley in the appointed place,
And the [e]spelt in its place?
26 For He instructs him in right judgment,
His God teaches him.
27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin;
But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick,
And the cummin with a rod.
28 Bread flour must be ground;
Therefore he does not thresh it forever,
Break it with his cartwheel,
Or crush it with his horsemen.
29 This also comes from the Lord of hosts,
(N)Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in [f]guidance.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit. valley of fatness
- Isaiah 28:21 Lit. foreign
- Isaiah 28:22 Lit. complete end
- Isaiah 28:25 rye
- Isaiah 28:29 sound wisdom
Isaiah 28
English Standard Version
Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Ah, the proud crown of (A)the drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has (B)one who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like (C)a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he casts down to the earth with his hand.
3 (D)The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim
will be trodden underfoot;
4 (E)and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like (F)a first-ripe fig[a] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.
5 (G)In that day the Lord of hosts will be a crown of glory,[b]
and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,
6 and (H)a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
and (I)strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 (J)These also reel with wine
and (K)stagger with strong drink;
the priest and (L)the prophet reel with strong drink,
they are swallowed by[c] wine,
they stagger with strong drink,
they reel in vision,
they stumble in giving judgment.
8 For all tables are full of filthy vomit,
with no space left.
9 (M)“To whom will he teach knowledge,
and to whom will he explain the message?
Those who are weaned from the milk,
those taken from the breast?
10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”
11 (N)For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the Lord will speak to this people,
12 to whom he has said,
(O)“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
13 And the word of the Lord will be to them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,
(P)that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
A Cornerstone in Zion
14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you (Q)scoffers,
who rule this people in Jerusalem!
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the (R)overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made (S)lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(T)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[d] as a foundation (U)in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
17 And I will make justice (V)the line,
and righteousness (W)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
18 Then (X)your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.
19 As often as it passes through it will take you;
(Y)for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night;
and it will be (Z)sheer terror to understand the message.
20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
21 For the Lord will rise up (AA)as on Mount Perazim;
(AB)as in the Valley of (AC)Gibeon he will be roused;
to do his deed—strange is his deed!
and to work his work—alien is his work!
22 Now therefore do not (AD)scoff,
lest your bonds be made strong;
for I have heard (AE)a decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land.
23 Give ear, and hear my voice;
give attention, and hear my speech.
24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
25 (AF)When he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer[e] as the border?
26 (AG)For he is rightly instructed;
his God teaches him.
27 Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin,
but dill is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
28 Does one crush grain for bread?
No, he does not thresh it forever;[f]
when he drives his cart wheel over it
with his horses, he does not crush it.
29 This also comes from the Lord of hosts;
he is (AH)wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:4 Or fruit
- Isaiah 28:5 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
- Isaiah 28:7 Or confused by
- Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying
- Isaiah 28:25 A type of wheat
- Isaiah 28:28 Or Grain is crushed for bread; he will surely thresh it, but not forever
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