Verse 19

And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us? then you shall answer them, Just as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og når dere spør: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort oss alt dette?' skal du svare dem: 'Fordi dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og det skal skje når dere sier: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?' Da skal du svare dem: 'Som dere har forlatt meg og tjenestegjort fremmede guder i deres land, således skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Norsk King James

  Og det skal skje, når dere skal si: Hvorfor gjør Herren vår Gud alle disse ting mot oss? så skal du svare dem: Slik som dere har forlatt meg, og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og når dere sier: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?', skal du svare dem: 'Som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede guder i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når dere da spør: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?' skal du svare dem: 'Slik som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og det skal skje, når dere sier: Hvorfor gjør Herren vår Gud alle disse tingene mot oss? Da skal du svare dem: Som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, så skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og det skal skje når dere sier: «Hvorfor gjør Herren, vår Gud, alt dette mot oss?» da skal du svare: «På samme måte som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere også tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.»

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

  Og det skal skje, når dere sier: Hvorfor gjør Herren vår Gud alle disse tingene mot oss? Da skal du svare dem: Som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, så skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når folket spør: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?' så skal du si til dem: 'Like som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når dere da spør: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?' Skal du svare dem: 'Likesom dere forlot meg og tjente fremmede guder i deres eget land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det skal skee, om I sige: Hvorfor gjorde Herren vor Gud alle disse Ting ved os? da skal du sige til dem: Ligesom I forlode mig og tjente den Fremmedes Guder i eders Land, saa skulle (I og) tjene Fremmede i et Land, som ikke er eders.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og det skal skje, når dere sier: Hvorfor gjør Herren vår Gud alt dette mot oss? Da skal du svare dem: Som dere har forlatt meg og dyrket fremmede guder i deres eget land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres eget.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og det skal skje, når dere spør: 'Hvorfor har Herren, vår Gud, gjort alt dette mot oss?', da skal du svare dem: 'Som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, så skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og det skal skje når dere sier: 'Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alt dette mot oss?' at du skal si til dem: 'Som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og det skal skje, når dere sier: Hvorfor har Herren, vår Gud, gjort alle disse tingene mot oss? Da skal du si til dem: Slik som dere har forlatt meg og tjent fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere tjene fremmede i et land som ikke er deres.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og det vil skje, når dere sier: Hvorfor har Herren vår Gud gjort alle disse tingene mot oss? vil dere si til dem: Fordi dere har gitt meg opp, og gjort dere selv til tjenere for fremmede guder i deres land, slik skal dere bli tjenere for fremmede menn i et land som ikke er deres.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf they saye: wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs? Then answere them: because, that like as ye haue forsake me, and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe, euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God doe these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answere them, Like as ye haue forsaken me and serued strange gods in your land, so shall ye serue strangers in a land that is not yours.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But if they say, wherfore doth the Lorde our God all this vnto vs? Then aunswere them: because that lyke as ye haue forsaken me, & serued straunge gods in your lande, euen so shal ye serue straungers out of your lande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you will say to them, As you gave me up, making yourselves servants to strange gods in your land, so will you be servants to strange men in a land which is not yours.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It will happen, when you say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask,‘Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?’ tell them,‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 9:8-9 : 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.
• Deut 28:47-48 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
• Jer 13:22 : 22 And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered, and your heels made bare.
• Jer 22:8-9 : 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city? 9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
• Jer 16:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 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 16:13 : 13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.
• Deut 29:24-28 : 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them: 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
• 2 Chr 7:21-22 : 21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 22 And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.
• 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 2:35 : 35 Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
• Lam 5:8 : 8 Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.
• Deut 4:25-28 : 25 When you beget children, and children's children, and have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger: 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land where you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you. 28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.