Verse 2

And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he offer the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burnt upon you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han ropte ut mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: 'Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Det skal fødes en sønn til Davids hus, Josjia skal han hete. Han skal ofre prester av offerhaugene på deg, de som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskeben skal brennes på deg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han ropte mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: O alter, alter, så sier Herren: Se, det skal fødes et barn i Davids hus, ved navn Josjia; og på deg skal han ofre prestene fra de høye stedene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal brennes på deg.

• Norsk King James

  Og han ropte mot alteret med Herrens ord og sa: Alter, alter, slik sier Herren; Se, en sønn skal bli født til Davids hus ved navn Josjia; han skal ofre prestene som tenner røkelse på deg, og han skal brenne knoklene til mennesker på deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han ropte ut mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: 'Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal bli født i Davids hus. Han skal hete Josjia, og på deg skal han ofre offerstedsprestene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskeknokler skal bli brent på deg.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og han ropte mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal bli født i Davids ætt, med navnet Josjia. På deg skal han ofre prester fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal brennes på deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han ropte så mot alteret med Herrens ord og sa: «O alter, alter, slik sier Herren: Se, et barn skal bli født inn i Davids hus, ved navn Josias; og over deg skal han ofre prester fra de høyeste stedene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskets ben skal brennes på deg.»

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

  Og han ropte mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal bli født i Davids ætt, med navnet Josjia. På deg skal han ofre prester fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal brennes på deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han ropte mot alteret ved Herrens ord og sa: 'Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn ved navn Josjia skal fødes i Davids hus, og han skal ofre prestene fra haugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskeben skal brennes på deg.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, 'Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: Behold, a son will be born to the house of David; his name will be Josiah. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han ropte ut mot alteret på Herrens ord og sa: 'Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal fødes i Davids hus, Josjia skal han hete, og på deg skal han ofre prestene fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskeknokler skal brennes på deg.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han raabte imod Alteret ved Herrens Ord og sagde: Alter! Alter! saa sagde Herren: See, Davids Huus skal fødes en Søn, hvis Navn skal være Josias, og han skal offre paa dig Høienes Præster, som gjøre Røgelse paa dig, og de skulle opbrænde Menneskens Been paa dig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han ropte ut mot alteret med Herrens ord og sa: Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal fødes i Davids hus, Josjia er hans navn. På deg skal han ofre de prestene fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og det skal brennes menneskeben på deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han ropte mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: Altar, alter, så sier Herren: Se, en sønn ved navn Josjia skal fødes til Davids hus; han skal ofre prestene fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal brennes på deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og han ropte mot alteret ved Jehovas ord og sa: 'Alter! alter! Så sier Jehova: Se, en sønn skal bli født i Davids hus – hans navn er Josjia – og han skal ofre på deg prestene fra de høye stedene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal bli brent på deg.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han ropte mot alteret etter Herrens ord og sa: Alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Se, en sønn skal fødes til Davids hus, ved navn Josjia. På deg skal han ofre prestene fra de høye stedene som brenner røkelse på deg, og på deg skal de brenne menneskebein.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  På Herrens befaling ropte han ut mot alteret og sa: Å, alter, alter! Så sier Herren: Fra Davids ætt skal det fødes et barn, ved navn Josjia, og han skal ofre de prestene fra offerhaugene som brenner røkelse på deg, og menneskebein skal brennes på deg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he cried agaynst the altare thorow the worde of the LORDE, and sayde: O altar, altar, thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, there shal be borne vnto ye house of Dauid a sonne, Iosias by name which on the shal offer the prestes of the hye places, that burne incense vpon the, and mens bones shal he burne on the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he cryed against the altar by the comandement of the Lorde, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a child shalbe borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiah by name, and vpon thee shall he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vpon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he cried against the aulter in the worde of the Lorde, and sayd: O aulter aulter, thus sayeth the Lorde: Behold, a childe shall be borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosia by name, and vpon thee shall he offer the priestes of the hill aulters that burnt incense vpon thee, and mens bones shalbe burnt vpon thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David -- Josiah his name -- and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, "Altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. On you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men's bones on you.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He cried out against the altar with the LORD’S message,“O altar, altar! This is what the LORD has said,‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• 1 Kgs 13:32 : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
• 2 Kgs 22:1-2 : 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
• 2 Kgs 23:15-18 : 15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah. 16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain, and sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they left his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
• 2 Chr 34:1 : 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
• 2 Chr 34:4-7 : 4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
• Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Isa 44:26-28 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27 Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers: 28 Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
• Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Isa 48:5-7 : 5 I have declared it to you from the beginning; before it came to pass I showed it to you, lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my carved image and my molded image have commanded them.' 6 You have heard; see all this. And will you not declare it? I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
• Ezek 36:1 : 1 Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
• Ezek 36:4 : 4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around;
• Ezek 38:4 : 4 And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
• Luke 19:40 : 40 And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.