Verse 10

For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For jeg har vendt ansiktet mot denne byen for å bringe ulykke over den, ikke for å bringe gode ting, sier Herren. Den skal overgis i hendene på kongen av Babylon, som skal brenne den ned.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen for ondt og ikke for godt, sier Herren. Den skal overgis i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Norsk King James

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen for ondskap, og ikke for velvære, sier Herren; den skal overgis til kongen av Babylon, som skal brenne den ned.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til ulykke og ikke til lykke, sier Herren; den skal gis i hånden til kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For jeg har satt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til ulykke, ikke til lykke, sier Herren. Den skal overgis i hendene på Babylons konge, og han skal sette den i brann.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til skade, og ikke til gagn, sier Herren. Den skal overgis i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den ned med ild.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen for ondskap, ikke for det gode, sier HERREN; den skal gis i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den med ild.

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

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til skade, og ikke til gagn, sier Herren. Den skal overgis i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den ned med ild.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg har satt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til ulykke, og ikke til lykke, sier Herren. Den skal bli overgitt i kongen av Babylons hånd, og han skal brenne den opp med ild.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For jeg har satt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til det onde og ikke til det gode, sier Herren. Den skal gis i Babylons konges hånd, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi jeg haver sat mit Ansigt imod denne Stad til det Onde og ikke til det Gode, siger Herren; den skal gives i Kongen af Babels Haand, og han skal opbrænde den med Ild.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For jeg har satt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til det onde og ikke til det gode, sier Herren. Den skal gis i hendene på Babels konge, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For jeg har satt mitt ansikt imot denne byen til ondt, og ikke til godt, sier Herren; den skal overgis i hendene til kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til ulykke, ikke til det gode – sier Herren. Den skal bli gitt i hendene på Babels konge, og han skal brenne den opp med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For jeg har vendt mitt ansikt mot denne byen til det onde, og ikke til det gode, sier Herren: den skal bli gitt i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal brenne den med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For mitt ansikt er vendt mot denne byen til ulykke og ikke til lykke, sier Herren; den vil bli gitt i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han vil brenne den med ild.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For I haue set my face agaynst this cite (saieth the LORDE) to plage it, and to do it no good. It must be geue in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon, & be brent with fyre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I haue set my face against this citie, for euill and not for good, saith the Lorde: it shalbe giuen into the hande of the King of Babel, and he shall burne it with fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I haue set my face against this citie (saith the Lorde) to plague it, and to do it no good: it must be geuen into the hande of the kyng of Babylon, and be brent with fire.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I, the LORD, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 44:11 : 11 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
• Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are ended.
• Amos 9:4 : 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.
• Jer 52:13 : 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, he burned with fire:
• Ezek 15:7 : 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
• Jer 38:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
• Jer 38:18 : 18 But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
• Jer 39:8 : 8 The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 36:19 : 19 And they burned the house of God, and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.
• Jer 34:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
• Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Ps 34:16 : 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: those that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.
• Jer 38:23 : 23 So they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
• Jer 17:27 : 27 But if you will not listen to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
• Jer 26:6 : 6 Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
• Jer 32:28-31 : 28 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 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,
• Lev 20:3-5 : 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and do not kill him, 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
• Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
• Jer 37:8-9 : 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.' 9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.' 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Zech 1:6 : 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.