Verse 3

The fortress shall also cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says the LORD of hosts.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Festningen i Efraim skal opphøre, og kongedømmet i Damaskus, og restene av Aram skal bli som Israels barns prakt, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Festningen skal også opphøre fra Efraim, og kongeriket fra Damaskus, og resten av Syria: de skal bli som herligheten til Israels barn, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Borgen skal opphøre i Efraim, og kongedømmet i Damaskus, og Syriens rest: de skal være som Israels barns ære, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Festningen skal forsvinne fra Efraim, og kongedømmet fra Damaskus og resten av syrerne; de skal være som israelittenes herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Befestningene fra Efraim skal forsvinne, og kongedømmet fra Damaskus og alle levninger fra Aram skal bli som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Festningen i Efraim skal også opphøre, og riket i Damaskus, og det som er igjen av Syria: de skal bli som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Festningene skal også opphøre i Efraim, kongeriket i Damaskus og resten av Syria; de skal fremstå som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren Sebaot.

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

  Festningen i Efraim skal også opphøre, og riket i Damaskus, og det som er igjen av Syria: de skal bli som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Festningen skal forsvinne fra Efraim, og kongeriket fra Damaskus, og resten av Aram skal bli som herligheten til Israels barn, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites, declares the LORD of Hosts.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Efraims festninger skal forsvinne, og kongedømmet skal forsvinne fra Damaskus. Resten av Aram skal bli som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Befæstning skal ophøre fra Ephraim, og Riget fra Damascus og fra det Overblevne af de Syrer; de skulle være som Israels Børns Herlighed, siger den Herre Zebaoth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Festningen skal også opphøre i Efraim, og kongeriket i Damaskus, og resten av Syria: de skal være som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Festningen skal opphøre fra Efraim, og riket fra Damaskus, og resten av Syria; de skal være som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Festningen i Efraim er borte, og kongedømmet fra Damaskus. Resten av Aram vil være som Israels barns ære, sier Herren, hærskarers Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Festningen skal opphøre i Efraim, og kongedømmet skal forsvinne fra Damaskus, og den lille resten av Syria skal være som herligheten til Israels barn, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Festningstårnet har forsvunnet fra Efraim, og riket fra Damaskus: resten av Aram vil bli ødelagt, og bli som Israels barns herlighet, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ephraim shal no more be stroge, & Damascus shal nomore be a kyngdome. And as for ye glory of ye remnaunt of ye Sirians, it shalbe as the glory of the childre of Israel, saieth ye LORDE of hoostes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The munition also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdome from Damascus, and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ephraim also shall no more be strong, and Damascus shall no longer be a kyngdome, and the remnaunt of Syria shalbe as the glorie of the children of Israel, saith the Lorde of hoastes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of Hosts.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The strong tower has gone from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: the rest of Aram will come to destruction, and be made like the glory of the children of Israel, says the Lord of armies.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel," says Yahweh of Armies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings.
• Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
• Hos 9:11 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from birth, from the womb, and from conception.
• Isa 7:8 : 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, that it will not be a people.
• 2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 The king of Assyria heeded him, for he went up against Damascus, captured it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
• 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• Hos 9:16-17 : 16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
• Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore a tumult shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be plundered, as Shalman plundered Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces on her children.
• Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
• Hos 13:15-16 : 15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
• Amos 2:6-9 : 6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes: 7 They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go in to the same maid, to profane My holy name: 8 They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. 9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
• Amos 3:9-9 : 9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in its midst, and the oppressed within it. 10 For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall be all around the land; he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered. 12 Thus says the LORD: As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be taken out who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch. 13 Hear, and testify in the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, 14 That in the day I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. 15 And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end, says the LORD.
• Amos 5:25-27 : 25 Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? 26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
• Amos 6:7-9 : 7 Therefore now they shall go captive with the first who go captive, and the banquet of those who stretch themselves shall be removed. 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there anyone with you? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we must not mention the name of the LORD. 11 For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
• Amos 8:14-9:10 : 14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The way of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise again. 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 5 The Lord GOD of hosts, he who touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like a flood, and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. 7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD. 9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
• Mic 1:4-9 : 4 And the mountains will be molten under him, and the valleys will be split, as wax before the fire, and as waters that are poured down a steep place. 5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem? 6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of the field, and as the plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations. 7 And all her carved images will be beaten to pieces, and all her wages will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay desolate: for she gathered it from the wages of a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a harlot. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning as the ostriches. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
• Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isa 16:14 : 14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab shall be despised, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
• Isa 17:4 : 4 And on that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
• Isa 28:1-4 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the fertile valleys of those who are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, who shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trampled underfoot: 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be a fading flower, and like the early fruit before the summer; which when he who looks upon it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
• Hos 1:4 : 4 And the LORD said to him, Call his name Jezreel, for in a little while I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And God said to him, Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly take them away.
• Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.
• Hos 5:13-14 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet he could not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. 14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
• Hos 8:8 : 8 Israel is swallowed up; now they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.