Esajas 24
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Guds dom over Israel og hele verden
24 Hør efter! Herren gør jorden[a] tom og øde. Han lægger Israels land øde og spreder dets indbyggere. 2 Det går menigmand som præst, slave som herre, slavepige som frue, køber som sælger, udlåner som låner. Ikke en eneste undslipper. 3 Landet bliver plyndret totalt og tømt. Det er Herrens ord.
4-5 Befolkningen vil lide under følgen af deres synder. Jorden vrider sig i smerte, og afgrøderne visner, for himlen nægter at give regn. Landet er ødelagt af ondskab og forbrydelser. Folket har overtrådt Guds lov og brudt hans ubrydelige pagt. 6 Derfor hænger Guds forbandelse over dem, og de må bære straffen for deres synd. Befolkningen svinder ind, og kun få vil overleve.
7 Vinhøsten er slået fejl, vinen er brugt op og lystigheden vendt til sorg. 8 Harpens melodiøse akkorder og tamburinens lystige rytmer er forstummet, al jubel er ophørt. 9 Ingen vin kan inspirere til sang, og øllet smager bittert.
10 Tomhedens by er brudt ned. Alle døre er låste og barrikaderede. 11 Folk strejfer om i gaderne og råber på vin. Glæden er gået i sort, lystigheden forsvundet. 12 Byen er ødelagt, dens porte slået ind. 13 Som når man har slået oliven ned fra træets grene eller plukket druer i vinmarken, sådan bliver det blandt alle folkeslagene ud over jorden: kun en rest bliver tilbage.
14 Men de, som er tilbage, skal råbe højt af glæde. I Vesten lovsynger de Guds storhed. 15-16 I Østen skal lovsangen give ekko tilbage. Fjerne øer skal lovprise Herren, Israels Herre. Fra jordens ender synger de: „Æren er Guds, for han er retfærdig.”
Men mit hjerte er tungt af sorg, jeg holder det ikke ud. Ondskaben vinder stadig frem, troløshed ligger på lur overalt. 17 Terror, ulykker og undertrykkelse rammer alle jordens folk. 18 Undslipper I terror, vil I styrte i en faldgrube. Kravler I op af faldgruben, bliver I fanget i en fælde.
Straffen kommer ned fra himlen. Jorden ryster i sin grundvold. 19 Den slår revner og bryder sammen, ryster og skælver. 20 Verden vakler som en beruset, svajer som et faldefærdigt skur. Den segner under vægten af sin skyld og rejser sig ikke igen.
21 Til den tid vil Herren straffe himlens åndemagter såvel som jordens stolte herskere. 22 De bliver stuvet sammen som fanger og lænket i mørkets hule. Der må de vente til dommens dag. 23 Fuldmånen vil skjule sit ansigt og solen gemme sig væk, for Herren, den Almægtige, skal regere fra Zions bjerg i Jerusalem, og hans folks ledere skal se hans herlighed.
Footnotes
- 24,1 Eller: „Herren gør landet tomt og øde.” Teksten bruger et ord, som kan betyde landet, jorden eller verden. Det er ofte uklart, om der tænkes på Israels land, jorden eller hele verden.
Isaiah 24
English Standard Version
Judgment on the Whole Earth
24 Behold, (A)the Lord will empty the earth[a] and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2 (B)And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
(C)as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
(D)as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 (E)The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
(F)for the Lord has spoken this word.
4 (G)The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
5 The earth lies (H)defiled
under its inhabitants;
for (I)they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore (J)a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants (K)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
7 (L)The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8 (M)The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9 No more do they drink wine (N)with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 (O)The wasted city is broken down;
(P)every house is shut up so that none can enter.
11 (Q)There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
(R)all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
13 For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
(S)as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.[b]
15 (T)Therefore in the east[c] give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 (U)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to (V)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For (W)the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
17 (X)Terror and the pit and the snare[d]
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 (Y)He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For (Z)the windows of heaven are opened,
and (AA)the foundations of the earth tremble.
19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth (AB)staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
(AC)its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and (AD)the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 (AE)They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days (AF)they will be punished.
23 (AG)Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for (AH)the Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:1 Or land; also throughout this chapter
- Isaiah 24:14 Hebrew from the sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
- Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike
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