Verse 11

Polish the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Forbered pilene! Klargjør skipene! Herren har vekket opp Medias konger, for hans plan er mot Babylon for å ødelegge det. Dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Gjør pilene skarpe, samle skjoldene: Herren har vekket ånden hos Medernes konger; for hans bestemmelse er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge det, fordi dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Norsk King James

    Gjør pilene klare; samle skjoldene; HERREN har reist opp ånden til medernes konger, for hans plan er mot Babylon for å ødelegge henne; fordi det er HERRENs hevn for hans tempel.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Gjør pilene blanke, saml opp skjoldene; Herren har vekket opp kongene av Medien for sin plan mot Babel, for å gjøre det til en ødeleggelse; dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Spiss pilene, fyll skjoldene! Herren har vekket opp kongene i Media, for det er hans plan mot Babylon for å ødelegge det. For dette er Herrens hevn, hans hevn for sitt tempel.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Gjør pilene skarpe; gjør skjoldene klare: Herren har reist kongene av Medienes ånd; for hans hensikt er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge den; for dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    La pilene skinne, samle skjoldene: HERREN har oppildnet medenes kongers ånd; for hans hensikt er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge den – det er HERRENS hevn, hevnen over hans tempel.

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

    Gjør pilene skarpe; gjør skjoldene klare: Herren har reist kongene av Medienes ånd; for hans hensikt er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge den; for dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Skjerp pilene, fyll skjoldene! Herren har vekket opp Medias kongers ånd, for Hans plan mot Babel er å ødelegge henne. Dette er Herrens hevn, hevn for Hans tempel.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy her. This is the Lord's vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Skarp pilene, fyll koggerne! Herren har vekket opp ånden til kongene av Media, for hans hensikt er å ødelegge Babel. Dette er Herrens hevn, tempelens hevn.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Polerer Pilene, samler fuldt (Tal af) Skjolde, Herren haver opvakt Kongerne af Mediens Aand, thi hans Anslag (staaer) imod Babel til at lade den fordærve; thi det er Herrens Hevn, hans Tempels Hevn.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Gjøre pilene lysende; samle skjoldene; Herren har oppreist ånden hos kongene av Media; for hans formål er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge det; fordi det er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Gjør pilene skarpe; hold skjoldene faste: Herren har oppildnet kongene i Medienes ånd; for hans hensikt er mot Babylon, for å ødelegge det: for det er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Rens pilene, fyll skjoldene. Herren har vekket ånden til kongene av Media, for Hans plan mot Babylon er å ødelegge det. Dette er Herrens hevn, hevnen for Hans tempel.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Gjør pilene skarpe, hold skjoldene klare: Herren har oppildnet medaljenes konger; hans hensikt er mot Babel, for å ødelegge det: for det er Herrens hevn, hevnen for hans tempel.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Gjør pilene klare; ta på bodyguardene: Herren har rørt mediene kongens ånd; for hans plan mot Babylon er dens ødeleggelse: for det er Herrens straff, belønningen for hans tempel.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Make sharpe the arowes, and fyll the quyuers: for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes, which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon. This shalbe the vengeaunce of the LORDES, and the vengeaunce of his temple.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Make bright the arrowes: gather the shieldes: the Lorde hath raised vp the spirit of the King of the Medes: for his purpose is against Babel to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, and the vengeance of his Temple.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Make sharpe the arrowes, and multiplie your shieldes: for the Lorde shall rayse vp the spirite of the kyng of the Medes, which hath alredy a desire to destroy Babylon: this shalbe the vengeaunce of the Lorde, & the vengeaunce of his temple.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device `is' to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it `is', The vengeance of His temple.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The LORD will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the LORD will get his revenge– how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 46:4 : 4 Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.
  • Jer 50:45 : 45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall drag them out: surely he shall make their dwelling desolate with them.
  • Jer 46:9 : 9 Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth: the Ethiopians and the Libyans, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and bend the bow.
  • Jer 50:9 : 9 For, behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in battle array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be like those of a mighty expert warrior; none shall return empty.
  • Jer 50:14-15 : 14 Put yourselves in battle array against Babylon all around: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her all around: she has surrendered: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do unto her.
  • Jer 50:25 : 25 The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
  • Jer 50:28-29 : 28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it all around; let none of them escape: repay her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Jer 51:12 : 12 Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both devised and done what He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Jer 51:24 : 24 And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the LORD.
  • Jer 51:27-29 : 27 Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her, cause the horses to come up like the braying locusts. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, its captains, and all its rulers, and all the land of his dominion. 29 And the land shall tremble and be in sorrow; for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
  • Jer 51:35 : 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
  • Hab 2:17-20 : 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein. 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst. 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
  • Zech 12:2-3 : 2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling for all the people around about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all who burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
  • 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.
  • Zech 14:12 : 12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
  • Rev 17:16-17 : 16 The ten horns which you saw on the beast will hate the prostitute, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • 1 Kgs 11:14 : 14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the royal lineage in Edom.
  • 1 Kgs 11:23 : 23 And God stirred up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
  • 1 Chr 5:26 : 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
  • 2 Chr 36:22 : 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing, saying,
  • Ps 74:3-9 : 3 Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Your enemies roar in the midst of Your congregations; they set up their banners for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers. 7 They have cast fire into Your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of Your name to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them together": they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 9 We do not see our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any who knows how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? 11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Pluck it out of Your bosom.
  • Ps 83:3-9 : 3 They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more. 5 For they have conspired together with one accord: they are allied against you: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon:
  • Isa 10:26 : 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
  • Isa 13:17-18 : 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver; and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.
  • Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
  • Isa 21:5 : 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
  • Isa 41:25 : 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
  • Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut.
  • Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me: I will strengthen you, though you have not known Me.
  • Isa 46:11 : 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man who executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.