Verse 4

Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg snur krigsredskapene deres som dere bruker mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem inne i denne byen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende tilbake våpnene dere har i hendene, som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og mot kaldeerne, som beleirer dere utenfor murene. Jeg vil samle dem i denne byens midte.

• Norsk King James

  Slik sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende krigsvåpnene dere har mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer byen deres; jeg vil samle dem inni byen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende de våpnene som er i deres hender, de som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende krigsvåpnene som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper mot Babylons kong og kaldeerne med, som omgir dere utenfor muren, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende tilbake krigsvåpnene som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og mot kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i byen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier HERREN, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende de krigsredskapene som ligger i deres hender mot dere, de redskapene dere bruker for å kjempe mot kongen av Babylon og mot kaldeerne som omringer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

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

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende tilbake krigsvåpnene som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og mot kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i byen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: 'Se, jeg vil vende tilbake krigens våpen som er i deres hender, som dere bruker til å kjempe mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor muren. Jeg vil samle dem inne i denne byen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I am turning back the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. I will gather them into the midst of this city.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende de våpen som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor veggene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde Herren, Israels Gud: See, jeg omvender de Krigsvaaben, som ere i eders Hænder, med hvilke I stride imod Kongen af Babel og de Chaldæer, som have beleiret eder udenfor Muren, og jeg vil sanke dem til midt i denne Stad.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende tilbake krigsvåpnene som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper med mot Babylons konge og mot kaldeerne, som beleirer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil snu de krigsvåpnene som er i deres hender, som dere kjemper mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor murene med, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende de våpen dere har i hånden, som dere kjemper med mot Babylons konge og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor muren, tilbake til byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende våpnene, som dere kjemper med, mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne som beleirer dere utenfor murene, og jeg vil samle dem midt i denne byen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg vil vende tilbake krigsmaskinene i deres hender, som dere kjemper med mot kongen av Babylon og kaldeerne, som står utenfor murene og beleirer dere; og jeg vil samle dem midt i byen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE God off Israel: beholde, I will turne backe the weapens, that ye haue in youre hondes, wherwith ye fight agaynst the kinge of Babilo & the Caldees, which besege you rounde aboute ye walles: & I wil brige the together in to the myddest of this cite,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will turne backe the weapons of warre that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the King of Babel, and against the Caldeans, which besiege you without the walles, and I will assemble them into the middes of this citie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Beholde, I wyll turne backe the weapons that ye haue in your hands, wherwith ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldees, whiche besiege you rounde about the walles, and I wyll bryng them together into the middest of this citie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That `are' in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside this town.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 32:5 : 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
• 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.
• Jer 38:17-18 : 17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you shall live, and your house. 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 33:5 : 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, because of whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city.
• Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:
• Isa 13:4 : 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of battle.
• Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord was like an enemy: He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces: He has destroyed His strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
• Lam 2:7 : 7 The Lord has cast off His altar, He has abhorred His sanctuary, He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
• Jer 39:3 : 3 Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
• Jer 38:2-3 : 2 Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as a prize, and shall live. 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 52:18 : 18 The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away.
• Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Ezek 16:37-41 : 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those that you have loved, with all those that you have hated; I will even gather them round about against you, and will uncover your nakedness unto them, that they may see all your nakedness. 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your eminent place, and shall break down your high places; they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your beautiful jewels, and leave you naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords. 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no remuneration any more.
• Hos 9:12 : 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left; yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!
• Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard about it, he was angry: and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.