1Til den tid vil der være så få mænd tilbage, at syv kvinder vil gribe fat i én mand og råbe: „Vi skal nok forsørge os selv—bare vi må bære dit navn, så vi ikke skal vanæres ved at være ugifte og barnløse!”
Håb om ny herlighed for den rest, der overlever
2Men engang vil Herrens plante, Israel, blive frodig og smuk igen, og de overlevende vil glæde sig over landets frugt. 3De, hvis navne er skrevet i Herrens bog, de, som overlever Jerusalems ødelæggelse, skal være hans hellige folk. 4For Herren vil rense Jerusalems indbyggere for deres urenhed og fjerne blodskyld fra byen. Hans Ånd vil dømme ondskaben og rense dem som gennem ild. 5Derefter vil Herren selv være en skærmende skygge over Zions bjerg og alle, som samles der. Det vil ligne en sky om dagen og ild om natten, så der er et beskyttende dække over alt, hvad der er helligt. 6Herrens herlighed vil være som et telt, der beskytter byen mod solens hede og mod storm og regn.
1At that time seven women
will grab hold of one man.
They’ll say to him, “We will eat our own food.
We’ll provide our own clothes.
Just let us become your wives.
Take away our shame!”
The Branch of the Lord
2At that time Israel’s king will be beautiful and glorious. He will be called The Branch of the Lord. The fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of those who are still left alive in Israel. 3Those who are left in Zion will be called holy. They will be recorded among those who are alive in Jerusalem. 4The Lord will wash away the sin of the women in Zion. He will clean up the blood that was spilled there. He will judge those who spilled that blood. His burning anger will blaze out at them. 5Then the Lord will create over Jerusalem a cloud of smoke by day. He will also create a glow of flaming fire at night. The cloud and fire will appear over all of Mount Zion. They will also appear over the people who gather together there. The Lord’s glory will be like a tent over everything. 6It will cover the people and give them shade from the hot sun all day long. It will be a safe place where they can hide from storms and rain.
