Ezekiels Bog 11 – BPH & NIVUK

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Ezekiels Bog 11:1-25

Dommen over Jerusalems ledere

1Synet fortsatte, og Ånden løftede mig op og bar mig over til templets østport. Der så jeg 25 mænd, som var ledere blandt folket, deriblandt Ja’azanja, Azzurs søn, og Pelatja, Benajas søn.

2„Det er de mænd, som sidder og trækker i trådene,” sagde Ånden. „Det er dem, som er ansvarlige for den voksende lovløshed i byen. 3De siger: ‚Det er ikke tiden nu at bygge huse. Jerusalem er som en gryde over ilden, og vi sidder her som kødet.’ 4Fordi de siger sådan, skal du profetere imod dem.”

5Da kom Herrens Ånd over mig, og jeg modtog følgende budskab: „Israels folk, hør, hvad Herren siger: Jeg ved, hvad I tænker. 6I har dræbt eller undertrykt utallige mennesker i denne by. 7Derfor siger jeg, Herren: Ja, byen er som en gryde, men det er dem, I har dræbt, der er kødet i gryden. I, derimod, vil blive drevet ud af byen! 8I er bange for at blive hugget ned med sværdet, men det er det, der vil ske med jer, siger Gud Herren. 9Jeg vil slæbe jer ud af byen og overgive jer til fremmede, som vil udføre min dom over jer. 10I vil blive forfulgt lige til landets grænse, og mange vil falde for sværdet. Da vil I indse, at jeg er Herren. 11Det er ikke jer, der bliver som kødet i Jerusalems gryde, for jeg vil forfølge jer til Israels grænse. 12Da vil I indse, at jeg er Herren, hvis love og bud I ikke har adlydt. I stedet har I overtaget nabolandenes afguder.”

13Mens jeg profeterede, faldt Pelatja død om. Da kastede jeg mig i mit syn med ansigtet mod jorden og råbte: „Åh, Herre, min Gud, er du så vred, at du vil udslette hele Israels folk?”

Guds løfte til eksiljøderne

14Derpå sagde Herren til mig: 15„De, som blev tilbage i Jerusalem, siger om dig og dine medfanger i eksilet: ‚De er langt væk fra Herren og hans helligdom, for Herren bor i det land, han har givet os.’ 16Derfor skal du sige til judæerne i eksilet: Jeg fordrev jer fra min helligdom og spredte jer mellem verdens nationer. Men jeg vil selv være jeres helligdom, mens I er i eksil. 17Jeg vil samle jer sammen fra de nationer, jeg fordrev jer til, føre jer tilbage til Israels land og lade jer bo i landet igen. 18Når I kommer tilbage, skal I fjerne ethvert spor af den afskyelige afgudsdyrkelse. 19Jeg giver jer et nyt hjerte og en ny ånd. Jeg tager jeres stenhårde hjerte ud og giver jer i stedet et føjeligt og lydigt hjerte, 20så I får lyst til at adlyde mine befalinger og gøre, hvad jeg siger. Så skal I være mit folk, og jeg vil være jeres Gud. 21Men dem, som holder fast ved deres afskyelige afguder, vil jeg straffe, siger Herren!”

22Derefter løftede keruberne deres vinger og steg op i luften sammen med hjulene, mens Israels Guds herlighed svævede over dem. 23Så flyttede Herrens herlighed sig væk fra templet og stillede sig på bjerget øst for byen.

24Derefter løftede Guds Ånd mig op og førte mig i mit syn tilbage til eksilet i Babylon. Så var synet forbi, 25og jeg fortalte de forsamlede judæiske ledere alt, hvad Herren havde vist mig.

New International Version – UK

Ezekiel 11:1-25

God’s sure judgment on Jerusalem

1Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the Lord that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2The Lord said to me, ‘Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city. 3They say, “Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.” 4Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.’

5Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and he told me to say: ‘This is what the Lord says: that is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind. 6You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

7‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: the bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it. 8You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 9I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you. 10You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 11This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. 12And you will know that I am the Lord, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.’

13Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell face down and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?’

The promise of Israel’s return

14The word of the Lord came to me: 15‘Son of man, the people of Jerusalem have said of your fellow exiles and all the other Israelites, “They are far away from the Lord; this land was given to us as our possession.”

16‘Therefore say: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.”

17‘Therefore say: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.”

18‘They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.’

22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 23The glory of the Lord went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it. 24The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia11:24 Or Chaldea in the vision given by the Spirit of God.

Then the vision I had seen went up from me, 25and I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.