Verse 4

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de har forlatt meg og gjort dette stedet til et sted for andre guder; de har ofret gaver til guder som verken de, deres forfedre eller kongene av Juda har kjent, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldig blod.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi de har forlatt meg, gjort dette sted fremmed og brent røkelse for andre guder, som verken de, deres fedre eller Judas konger har kjent, og de har fylt dette sted med uskyldiges blod.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og gjort dette stedet til en fremmed plass, ved å brenne røkelse for andre guder som hverken de eller foreldrene deres kjenner, og som heller ikke Judas konger kjenner, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  fordi de forlot meg og gjorde dette stedet fremmed, og brente røkelse for andre guder her, som verken de, deres fedre eller Judas konger kjente; og de har fylt dette sted med blodet av uskyldige.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og gjort dette stedet fremmed for meg, har de brent røkelse til andre guder som verken de eller deres fedre eller Judas konger kjente, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldig blod.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og vanhelliget dette stedet, og brent røkelse her for andre guder som verken de eller deres fedre kjente, heller ikke Judas konger, og fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fordi de har forrådt meg og gjort dette stedet fremmed, og har ofret røkelse til andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller Juda-kongene har kjent, og har fylt stedet med uskyldiges blod;

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

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og vanhelliget dette stedet, og brent røkelse her for andre guder som verken de eller deres fedre kjente, heller ikke Judas konger, og fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de har forlatt meg, gjort dette stedet fremmed, brent røkelse til andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller Judas konger kjente til, og fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For de har forlatt meg og har gjort dette stedet fremmed. De har brent røkelse for andre guder som hverken de selv, deres fedre eller kongene av Juda har kjent, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldig blod.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  fordi at de forlode mig og gjorde dette Sted fremmed, og gjorde Røgelse for andre Guder derudi, hvilke de og deres Fædre og Judæ Konger ikke kjendte; og de have fyldt dette Sted med de Uskyldiges Blod,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og vanhelliget dette stedet, og brent røkelse for andre guder som verken de selv eller deres fedre eller Judas konger har kjent, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og vanhelliget dette stedet, og har brent røkelse her til andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller Judas konger kjente, og har fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er fordi de har forlatt meg og gjort dette stedet kjent, ofret røkelse til andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller kongene av Juda kjente til, og de har fylt dette stedet med uskyldig blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fordi de har forlatt meg, gjort dette stedet fremmed og brent røkelse til andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller kongene av Juda har kjent, og fylt dette stedet med uskyldiges blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fordi de har forlatt meg og gjort dette stedet fremmed, brent røkelse for andre guder som verken de, deres fedre eller Juda konger kjente; og de har fylt dette stedet med blodet av uskyldige;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And that because they haue forsake me, and vnhalowed this place, and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes: who nether they, their fathers, ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne. They haue filled this place also wt the bloude of innocentes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because they haue forsaken me, and prophaned this place, and haue burnt incense in it vnto other gods, whome neyther they, nor their fathers haue knowen, nor the Kings of Iudah (they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocents,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that because they haue forsaken me, and vnhalowed this place, and haue offered in it vnto straunge gods, whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kynges of Iuda haue knowen: they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocentes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
• Isa 65:11 : 11 But you are those who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who furnish drink offerings for Destiny.
• Deut 28:20 : 20 The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.
• 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Jer 7:9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;
• Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.
• Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and those that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
• Dan 9:5-9 : 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments: 6 Neither have we listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great calamity: for under the whole heaven, such as has been done upon Jerusalem has not been done. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
• Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• Jer 2:17 : 17 Have you not brought this upon yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you in the way?
• Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
• 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
• 2 Chr 33:4-7 : 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.' 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, used enchantments, used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards; he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'
• Jer 5:6 : 6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings have increased.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• 2 Kgs 22:16-17 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
• 2 Kgs 23:11-12 : 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
• Deut 13:6 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
• Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
• Deut 28:36 : 36 The LORD shall bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• Deut 31:16-18 : 16 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned to other gods.
• Deut 32:15-23 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with foreign gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who formed you. 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom there is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will use up my arrows against them.
• 2 Kgs 21:4-7 : 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put my name.' 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he made his son pass through the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7 And he set up the carved image of the Asherah he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever:'
• Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Luke 11:50 : 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Jer 18:15 : 15 Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not established;
• Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
• Jer 26:15 : 15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.
• Jer 26:23 : 23 And they brought Urijah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the tombs of the common people.
• Jer 32:29-35 : 29 And the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set fire to this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD. 31 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face, 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
• Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst,
• Jer 15:6 : 6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.
• Jer 16:11 : 11 Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.
• Jer 7:31-32 : 31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart. 32 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it will no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they will bury in Tophet, till there is no place.