Verse 26

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Mitt folk, kle dere i sekk og velt dere i aske; sørg som over en eneste sønn, klag bittert, for ødeleggeren kommer plutselig over oss.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Min datter, folket mitt, kle deg i sekkestrie, rull deg i aske, sørg som over en eneste sønn, den bitreste klage, for ødeleggeren kommer plutselig over oss.

• Norsk King James

  O datter av mitt folk, bind deg med sekk, og rull deg i aske; gjør deg klage, som for en eneste sønn, en bitter klage; for ødeleggeren skal plutselig komme over oss.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å, mitt folks datter! Kle deg i sekk og rull deg i asken, sør som om for en eneste sønn, en uutholdelig klage, for ødeleggeren kommer raskt over oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Datter av mitt folk, kle deg i sekk og rull deg i aske. Gjør sorg som for en enebarn, bitre klager, for plutselig kommer ødeleggeren over oss.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Å, mitt folks datter, ta på deg sekkestrie og velt deg i aske. Hold klage, som over en enbårne sønn, en meget bitter sorg, for ødeleggeren kommer plutselig over oss.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  O, datter av mitt folk, ikle deg sekkklær og dekk deg med aske; sørg som om du mistet ditt enebarn, med den mest bitre sorg, for ødeleggeren skal plutselig inntreffe over oss.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Å, mitt folks datter, ta på deg sekkestrie og velt deg i aske. Hold klage, som over en enbårne sønn, en meget bitter sorg, for ødeleggeren kommer plutselig over oss.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Mitt folk, kle deg i sekk og rull deg i aske, lag sørgehyl som over et eneste barn, bitter klage, for plutselig skal ødeleggeren komme over oss.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Mitt folk, kled dere i sekk og dekk dere i aske. Sørg som eneste barn og klag med bitter klage, for plutselig kommer ødeleggeren over oss.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  O mit Folks Datter! ombind en Sæk og vælt dig i Asken, gjør dig Sorg (som for) en eneste (Søn), en (saare) bitter Hylen; thi Ødelæggeren skal komme hasteligen over os.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Å, du mitt folks datter, kle deg i sekk, velte deg i aske: sørg som for en enebårens sønn, en meget bitter klage: for ødeleggeren skal plutselig komme over oss.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  O daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make lamentation, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Mitt folks datter, kle deg i sekkestrie og rull deg i aske: Lag sørging som for en enebarn, en ytterst bitter klage; for ødeleggeren vil plutselig komme over oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Å, mitt folks datter, ta på deg sekk og rull deg i aske, klag som over en enebarn, lag en bitter klagesang, for plutselig kommer ødeleggeren mot oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  O datter av mitt folk, bind deg med sekkestrie, og rull deg i aske: gjør klage som for en eneste sønn, en bitter sorg; for ødeleggeren skal plutselig komme over oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Åh, mitt folks datter, kle deg i sørgeklær, kast deg i støvet: gi deg hen til sorg, som for en eneste sønn, med de mest bitre rop av sorg; for han som ødelegger, kommer plutselig over oss.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore, gyrde a sack cloth aboute the (o thou doughter of my people) sprynkle thy self with a?shes, mourne and wepe bitterly, as vpon thy only beloued sonne: For the destroyer shal sodenly fall vpon vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  O daughter of my people, girde thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy selfe in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shall suddenly come vpon vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherfore gyrde a sackcloth about thee O thou daughter of my people, sprinkle thy selfe with ashes: mourne and weepe bitterly as vpon thyne onlye beloued sonne, for the destroyer shall sodainly fall vpon vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So I said,“Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:8 : 8 For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Luke 7:12 : 12 As Jesus approached the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was with her.
• Jas 4:9 : 9 Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
• Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
• Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of my people.'
• Isa 22:12 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.
• Isa 30:13 : 13 'this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.'
• Isa 32:11 : 11 Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you who feel secure! Strip yourselves bare and put on sackcloth around your waists.
• Jer 4:11 : 11 At that time, it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A scorching wind from the barren heights of the desert blows toward the daughter of my people—not to winnow or cleanse.
• Jer 4:20 : 20 Disaster upon disaster is announced, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly, my tents are ruined, my curtains in a moment.
• Jer 6:14 : 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
• Jer 8:19 : 19 Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: 'Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?' Why have they provoked me to anger with their idols, with their worthless foreign gods?
• Jer 8:21-9:1 : 21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of my people not come? 23 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. 1 If only I had a place to stay in the wilderness, a travelers' shelter, so that I might leave my people and go away from them. For they are all adulterers, a gathering of traitors.
• Jer 9:10 : 10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.
• Jer 9:17-22 : 17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.' 18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”' 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.' 20 'For death has climbed in through our windows and entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets and young men from the public squares.' 21 Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them. 22 This is what the Lord says: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man boast in his strength, nor the rich man boast in his riches.
• Jer 12:12 : 12 On all the barren heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come. For the sword of the LORD is devouring from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.
• Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
• Jer 14:17 : 17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.'
• Jer 15:8 : 8 Their widows have increased to Me more than the sand of the seas. I have brought against them a destroyer at noon, and I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon the city suddenly.
• Jer 25:33-34 : 33 On that day, those slain by the LORD will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried; they will be like dung lying on the ground. 34 Weep and wail, you shepherds, cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock, for your time to be slaughtered has come. You will fall like a precious vessel.
• Lam 1:2 : 2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lam 1:16 : 16 "Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."
• Lam 2:11 : 11 My eyes are worn out from weeping, my inner being is in turmoil; my heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people, as children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• Lam 3:48 : 48 Streams of water run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Lam 4:3 : 3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.
• Lam 4:6 : 6 The iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, with no hand turned to help her.
• Lam 4:10 : 10 The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Ezek 7:16-18 : 16 Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity. 17 All hands will hang limp, and every knee will become weak as water. 18 They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.
• Ezek 27:30-31 : 30 They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes. 31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. In deep anguish and bitter mourning, they will weep for you.
• Amos 8:10 : 10 'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'
• Mic 1:8-9 : 8 Because of this, I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like jackals and mourn like ostriches. 9 For her wound is incurable; it has even reached Judah. It has reached the gates of my people, even to Jerusalem itself. 10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. In Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust.