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23 Ve Hyrderne, der ødelægger og adsplitter de får jeg græsser, lyder det fra Herren. Derfor, så siger Herren, Israels Gud, til de Hyrder, som vogter mit Folk: Da I har adsplittet og spredt mine Får og ikke taget eder af dem, vil jeg nu tage mig af eder for eders onde Gerningers Skyld, lyder det fra Herren. Men dem, der er tilovers af mine Får, vil jeg sanke sammen fra alle de Lande, til hvilke jeg har bortstødt dem, og føre dem tilbage til deres Græsgange, og de skal blive frugtbare og mangfoldige. Da vil jeg sætte Hyrder over dem, og de skal vogte dem; og de skal ikke mere frygte eller ræddes og ingen skal savnes, lyder det fra Herren.

Se, Dage skal komme, lyder det fra Herren, da jeg opvækker David en retfærdig Spire, og han skal herske som Konge og handle viselig og øve Ret og Retfærd i Landet. I hans Dage skal Juda frelses og Israel bo trygt. Og det Navn, man skal give ham er: Herren vor Retfærdighed.

Se, derfor skal Dage komme, lyder det fra Herren, da det ikke mere hedder: "Så sandt Herren lever, der førte Israeliterne op fra Ægypten!" men: "Så sandt Herren lever, der førte og bragte Israels Huss Afkom op fra Nordens Land og fra alle de Lande, til hvilke han havde bortstødt dem!" Og de skal bo i deres Land.

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The Righteous Branch

23 “Woe to the shepherds(A) who are destroying and scattering(B) the sheep of my pasture!”(C) declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds(D) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock(E) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil(F) you have done,” declares the Lord. “I myself will gather the remnant(G) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(H) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds(I) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid(J) or terrified, nor will any be missing,(K)” declares the Lord.

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(L)
a King(M) who will reign(N) wisely
    and do what is just and right(O) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(P)
This is the name(Q) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(R)

“So then, the days are coming,”(S) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(T) but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(U)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

23 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

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